# Fractures and other injuries, unspecified at Patton Timber Falling
> OSHA SIR `2023087897` · 8/27/2023 · STITES, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** Patton Timber Falling
- **Location:** 3743 Highway 13, STITES, IDAHO, 83552
- **NAICS:** 113310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was felling a hemlock tree with a chainsaw. A nearby tree pushed the tree off the stump, causing it to strike the employee. He sustained punctures to multiple abdominal areas and his femur was fractured in three places. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.

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