# Fractures at Elite Oil Field Services
> OSHA SIR `2016043213` · 4/17/2016 · ALEPPO, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** Elite Oil Field Services
- **Location:** Piston Honda Wellpad, ALEPPO, PENNSYLVANIA, 15310
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 4/17/16, an employee was cutting down trees to clear an oil field well pad site. A previously cut tree became caught up in the tree he was currently cutting. The tree then fell down and struck his right leg, breaking it.

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