# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Walsh Construction Company II
> OSHA SIR `2017010123` · 1/5/2017 · BELLE VERNON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Guardrails, road dividers
- **Secondary source:** Limbs, branches-unattached
## Employer
- **Name:** Walsh Construction Company II
- **Location:** Pleasant Village Lane and PA-51, BELLE VERNON, PENNSYLVANIA, 15012
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting off a tree branch with a chainsaw while standing on a guard rail. The branch pushed back and struck him in the chest. He was pushed against another tree and fell off of the guard rail.

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