# Fractures at Burford's Construction LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023054243` · 5/11/2023 · JEFFREY, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** Burford's Construction LLC
- **Location:** Hopkins-Sharples Right of Way, JEFFREY, WEST VIRGINIA, 25114
- **NAICS:** 236116
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing an undercut on a felled poplar tree to clear land for a new power line. The tree released tension and splintered, striking the employee in the leg. The employee sustained a left tibia fracture just below the knee.

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