# Fractures at Townsend Tree Service Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20211210742` · 12/15/2021 · LAKEMONT, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Chippers
## Employer
- **Name:** Townsend Tree Service Company, LLC
- **Location:** 518 McCrackin Road, LAKEMONT, GEORGIA, 30552
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working with a tree trimming crew. He was freeing up a rope in a winch spool on the back of a chipper when the winch activated. His left arm was trapped between the rope and the winch housing, and he suffered a fracture to the forearm. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

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