# Fractures at National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior
> OSHA SIR `20231211350` · 12/13/2023 · ETHEL, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Trees, logs, limbs, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior
- **Location:** NTP, ETHEL, MISSISSIPPI, 39067
- **NAICS:** 924120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were felling hazard trees. The injured employee was conducting 'bucking' operations to saw a tree from the road when the tree kicked-back, pinning him against the ground and fracturing his left femur. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

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