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OSHA Injury Report: Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest in Springerville, AZ 85938 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was timber Marking Foreman in forestry services.

Establishment
Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest
Parent company
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Street
30 South Chiricahua Drive
City
Springerville
State
AZ
ZIP
85938
On-site location
Behind the Lakeside Ranger District office compound
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

I was helping another employee with hooking up the UTV trailer. I was looking at the trailer lights during our trailer light inspection and I walked from the left side of the trailer to the right. While walking my left foot stepped into the pothole that was covered with leaves.

I was walking on flat ground covered in cinders and I stepped into a pothole that was covered in leaves. My left foot stepped into the pothole causing my ankle to roll and twist. From my standing position I fell to my knees due to the sharp pain that I felt.

While walking my left foot stepped into a pothole that was covered in leaves. This caused my left ankle to roll and twist. The sharp pain caused me to fall to my knees.

Pothole causing employee to twist ankle.

While walking my left foot stepped into a pothole that was covered in leaves. This caused my left ankle to roll and twist. The sharp pain caused me to fall to my knees.

Job description
Timber Marking Foreman
SOC code
45-1011 — First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers
NAICS code
115310 — Forestry services
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
420
Total hours worked
802050
EIN
720564834
Establishment ID
1051157
Employer case #
FS-C000022
Date of incident
Shift started
4:00:00.000
Time of incident
8:15:00.000
Submitted
01FEB24:00:05:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.