# Fractures at AT&T
> OSHA SIR `2023087824` · 8/24/2023 · CALERA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** AT&T
- **Location:** 2405 U.S. Highway 31, CALERA, ALABAMA, 35040
- **NAICS:** 517311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A employee was on the ground using a chainsaw to cut a downed tree free of a self-supporting strand (communications line). After cutting the tree, the employee went to move it off the line. The tension was released, causing the self-supporting strand to snap back and fracture the employee's arm.

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