# Fractures at Northern Tree Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024076197` · 7/10/2024 · SOUTH HADLEY, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  irregular movement, kick back
- **Source:** Chainsaws
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Northern Tree Service, Inc.
- **Location:** Waite Avenue, SOUTH HADLEY, MASSACHUSETTS, 01075
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a chainsaw to cut a tree log that was in the ground. The chainsaw kicked back and its blade lacerated and fractured his left shin. He was hospitalized.

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