# Fractures at Gudenkauf Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2018054571` · 5/10/2018 · CLENDENIN, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Limbs, branches-unattached
- **Secondary source:** Utility and telephone poles
## Employer
- **Name:** Gudenkauf Corporation
- **Location:** 761 West Union Road, CLENDENIN, WEST VIRGINIA, 25045
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a tree off of a communication line when the tree snapped and the tension on the line flipped the tree/limb back onto the employee, striking his forearm and fracturing a bone.

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