# Other traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified at Grundy Electric Co-Op Inc
> OSHA SIR `2023065772` · 6/29/2023 · NEW HAMPTON, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Other traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Trees, logs, limbs, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Grundy Electric Co-Op Inc
- **Location:** 12768 West State Highway P, NEW HAMPTON, MISSOURI, 64471
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a branch on a downed power line when tension in the power line released, causing it to snap up and strike the employee in the chest and neck area. The employee suffered internal chest and throat trauma.

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