# Fractures at Linetec Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023109646` · 10/18/2023 · KINDER, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Trees
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Linetec Services, LLC
- **Location:** 134 Gravel Pit Rd, KINDER, LOUISIANA, 70648
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pulling a direct current phase line when a nearby tree was hit with the line. The tree then fell and the employee sustained a lower leg fracture.

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