# Traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c. at Central Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181112206` · 11/28/2018 · FREDERICKSBURG, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Limbs, branches-unattached
- **Secondary source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** Central Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc.
- **Location:** 1553 Vintage Oaks Drive, FREDERICKSBURG, TEXAS, 78624
- **NAICS:** 221112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a tree limb with a chainsaw in an elevated bucket when the limb (after it was cut) fell toward the employee and struck his left forearm, causing a muscle injury.

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