# Fractures at Auburn Poultry, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019089053` · 8/31/2019 · AUBURN, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Logs
- **Secondary source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** Auburn Poultry, Inc.
- **Location:** 11 York Street, AUBURN, NEW YORK, 13021
- **NAICS:** 445210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 8/31/19, an employee had tied a chain to a tree limb and attempted to pull it with a truck.  The limb as caught in the crotch of the tree and landed on the employee's leg, fracturing it.

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