# Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified at Arkansas Electric Cooperative, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024043189` · 4/11/2024 · COUCH, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Limbs, branches unattached
- **Secondary source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** Arkansas Electric Cooperative, Inc
- **Location:** 2083 Oregon County 232, COUCH, MISSOURI, 65690
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in a bucket truck trimming the upper limbs on a dead tree. They returned to the ground when a large limb at the top of the tree came loose and struck them in the head and shoulder. The employee was hospitalized with a facial laceration and head and spine injuries.

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