# Fractures at Kuhns Manufacturing LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017032957` · 3/31/2017 · BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Jaw, chin
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** Kuhns Manufacturing LLC
- **Location:** Excel Mulching Jobsite, BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA, 16001
- **NAICS:** 339999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hand-felling a 4-inch diameter tree on an energy transfer gas line right-of-way when the tree trunk kicked back and struck him in the jaw, breaking it.

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