# Fractures at Personal Touch By J R Rivas Inc
> OSHA SIR `20181111570` · 11/9/2018 · DEMOPOLIS, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** Personal Touch By J R Rivas Inc
- **Location:** 1374 Jefferson Road, DEMOPOLIS, ALABAMA, 36732
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A crew was felling a tree on a transmission power line. When the last cut was made, the tree came off the stump, crashing to the ground. Due to the terrain, it bounced and came straight back, striking an employee in the left leg. He suffered a compound fracture between the knee and the ankle.

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