# Fractures at U. S. Dept. of Interior
> OSHA SIR `2024032305` · 3/14/2024 · GATLINBURG, TENNESSEE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple regions of the head
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by suspended or swinging objects  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Trees
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** U. S. Dept. of Interior
- **Location:** 107 Park Headquarters, GATLINBURG, TENNESSEE, 37738
- **NAICS:** 115310
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was limbing/bucking a horizontal tree from across the trail. A bound branch struck the employee's face once the cut was complete. The employee sustained multiple fractures, contusions, cuts, and lacerations to the face and head. The employee was hospitalized.

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