# Fractures and burns at U.S. Forest Service, Pomeroy Ranger District, Umatilla NF
> OSHA SIR `2023087956` · 8/29/2023 · POMEROY, WASHINGTON
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Limbs, branches-unattached
- **Secondary source:** Fire, flame
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Forest Service, Pomeroy Ranger District, Umatilla NF
- **Location:** Clearwater Lookout area, Pomeroy RD. Tamarack Fire IA, POMEROY, WASHINGTON, 99347
- **NAICS:** 924120
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was performing an initial attack on a small fire incident. During the suppression effort, the top of a fire-weakened snag fell out of a tree and struck him in the left shoulder. The employee suffered torn/stretched ligaments between the shoulder and arm, a hairline fracture in his shoulder, and a palm-sized burn on his back-left shoulder blade and the back side of his upper left arm.

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