# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at IEW CONSTRUCTION GROUP
> OSHA SIR `20171010393` · 10/31/2017 · OAK RIDGE, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Mini excavators
- **Secondary source:** Limbs, branches-unattached
## Employer
- **Name:** IEW CONSTRUCTION GROUP
- **Location:** Route 23, OAK RIDGE, NEW JERSEY, 07438
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A crew was removing trees from a drainage swale using chainsaws and a small excavator. The excavator was moving a tree limb when one end of the limb became stuck in the ground. As the excavator advanced, the limb bent until it suddenly released, springing forward and striking two employees. One of the employees was struck in the leg, requiring hospitalization and possible surgery.

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