Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at U.S. FOREST SERVICE, BEND/FORT ROCK RANGER DIST., Rd. 4720 @ Rd. 42, LA PINE, OREGON 97739
on — Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c., affecting the lower leg(s).
Final narrative
An employee was clearing a small pine tree from the road using an axe. The axe went all the way through the tree and struck his right shin, causing lacerations and a small fracture. He was hospitalized.
HospitalizedLower leg(s)Axes, hatchets
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