# Bruises, contusions at Core Appalachia Operating, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017032944` · 3/31/2017 · HURRICANE, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Bruises, contusions
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Limbs, branches-unattached
- **Secondary source:** Wire, cables-nonelectrical
## Employer
- **Name:** Core Appalachia Operating, LLC
- **Location:** Bridge Creek Road, HURRICANE, WEST VIRGINIA, 25526
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a fallen tree that was laying on a telephone cable. When the tree was cut, pressure was released on the telephone cable, which sprung back up and threw the limb toward the employee. He suffered a contusion to the right side of his face.

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