# Dislocation of joints at Penn Line Tree Service Inc
> OSHA SIR `2023109843` · 10/25/2023 · WESTON, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Dislocation of joints
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** Penn Line Tree Service Inc
- **Location:** Keister Hollow Road, WESTON, WEST VIRGINIA, 26452
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a cherry tree. As the tree fell it became stuck on adjacent hickory and maple trees. The employee began working to remove the hickory tree to dislodge the cherry tree and his saw became stuck in the hinge wood. He was removing the saw when the hickory tree fell on his knee and pinned him to the ground. The employee sustained a dislocation.

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