# Fractures at Personal Touch By J R Rivas, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024010318` · 1/12/2024 · GILBERTOWN, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s) and leg(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Trees
- **Secondary source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** Personal Touch By J R Rivas, Inc.
- **Location:** 26300 - 26550 State Highway 17, GILBERTOWN, ALABAMA, 36908
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee and a co-worker were removing a dead pine tree. The employee was standing outside the fall zone of the tree while removing slack from the rope tied around the tree and assisting in pulling the tree down. As the co-worker was cutting the tree, it snapped sideways and struck a living sweet gum tree, which subsequently fell and struck the employee. The employee suffered a broken ankle and leg.

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