# Fractures at Alutiiq General Contractors, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021032275` · 3/16/2021 · JOINT BASE LEWIS MCCHORD, WASHINGTON
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** Alutiiq General Contractors, LLC
- **Location:** Building 3991 Parking Area, JOINT BASE LEWIS MCCHORD, WASHINGTON, 98433
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was monitoring as a tree was felled. The tree hung up; an excavator pushed on it to clear it, and its top half snapped and sprung backwards toward the crew. Part of this upper section, about 4 inches in diameter, struck the employee in the back of the right leg as he was trying to get away. He suffered an open fracture of the tibia and fibula.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*