# Fractures at Strickland Timber LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017021582` · 2/17/2017 · MONROEVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Limbs, branches-unattached
- **Secondary source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** Strickland Timber LLC
- **Location:** 7665 Lena Landegger Hwy, MONROEVILLE, ALABAMA, 36460
- **NAICS:** 113310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a tree limb with a chain saw in the bunching area on top of the tree. He noticed the limb was under pressure and stopped cutting. He was stepping over the limb when it snapped and struck his left leg, breaking both bones above the ankle.

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