# Fractures at Singing River Electric Cooperative
> OSHA SIR `20201110564` · 11/7/2020 · LEAKESVILLE, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** Singing River Electric Cooperative
- **Location:** Max Williams Rd., LEAKESVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, 39451
- **NAICS:** 221121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a tree with a chainsaw. The trunk split and the tree kicked back, landing on the employee. The employee suffered a knee injury and a broken femur.

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