# Fractures at Penn Line Service Inc
> OSHA SIR `2021053720` · 5/5/2021 · NEW CASTLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Limbs, branches-unattached
## Employer
- **Name:** Penn Line Service Inc
- **Location:** 303 Shadyside Street, NEW CASTLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16101
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was struck in the back by a tree limb that was being moved to a chipper area via a pulley system. The employee was hospitalized with fractured vertebrae and ribs.

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