# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Amity Construction
> OSHA SIR `2020010168` · 1/7/2020 · STAATSBURG, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Limbs, branches-unattached
- **Secondary source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** Amity Construction
- **Location:** 26 Mountain View Road, STAATSBURG, NEW YORK, 12580
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was part of a crew clearing land and moving a downed tree when a branch on a felled tree broke and snapped back, striking the employee. The employee suffered severe back and knee injuries and was hospitalized.

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