# Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries at U.S. Department of Agriculture - Forest Service - Six Rivers National Forest
> OSHA SIR `2025077012` · 7/18/2025 · EUREKA, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Trunk and other lower extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Trees
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Department of Agriculture - Forest Service - Six Rivers National Forest
- **Location:** 40 N51 Road, EUREKA, CALIFORNIA, 95501
- **NAICS:** 924120
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

A crew of approximately 20 employees were constructing hand lines when a dead tree collapsed and injured three of the employees, including two hospitalizations. One employee was hospitalized due to shoulder injuries, and the other employee was hospitalized due to collapsed lungs, spinal injuries, and a broken tibia and fibula.

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