# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Midamerica Hotels Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20201211741` · 12/16/2020 · CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Skid steer loaders, mini loaders
- **Secondary source:** Limbs, branches-unattached
## Employer
- **Name:** Midamerica Hotels Corporation
- **Location:** 105 South Mount Auburn Road, CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI, 63703
- **NAICS:** 721110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pushing brush with a skid steer. A large tree branch broke, crashed through the windshield, and entered the cab, striking the employee in the abdomen. The employee suffered broken ribs and internal injuries that required surgery.

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