# Fractures at WEST CENTRAL ELECTRIC COOP
> OSHA SIR `2021010026` · 1/3/2021 · HIGGINSVILLE, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** WEST CENTRAL ELECTRIC COOP
- **Location:** 7867 HWY 13, HIGGINSVILLE, MISSOURI, 64037
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A lineman was cutting a tree from a power line when the tree split and fell on him. The employee sustained fractures to both legs.

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