# Skull fracture and intracranial injury at PINE CREEK LOGGING, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023109669` · 10/19/2023 · HARVARD, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Skull fracture and intracranial injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Logging and wood processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** PINE CREEK LOGGING, LLC
- **Location:** Sand Salvage Jobsite, HARVARD, IDAHO, 83834
- **NAICS:** 113310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was running choker lines on fallen timber when the line jumped and the carriage took off down the skyline. The employee was holding onto the choker line when it grabbed the employee and threw them approximately 30-40 feet across the ground. The employee sustained a skull fracture, bruises/contusions/abrasions, and a concussion that required hospitalization.

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