# Fractures at North Alabama Electric Co-Op
> OSHA SIR `2022032355` · 3/15/2022 · GRANT, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** North Alabama Electric Co-Op
- **Location:** 2510 Baker Mountain Rd., GRANT, ALABAMA, 35747
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was directing a crew to cut a tree in an electric line's right of way. The tree fell the wrong way and knocked the employee to the ground, then landed on a utility vehicle and rolled back onto the employee. The employee suffered broken ribs and a contusion.

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