# Fractures at U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
> OSHA SIR `2024043524` · 4/23/2024 · UNICOI, TENNESSEE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Shoulder(s), clavicle(s), scapula(e)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Trees
- **Secondary source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
- **Location:** 4400 Unicoi Drive, UNICOI, TENNESSEE, 37692
- **NAICS:** 924120
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was using a chainsaw to remove a pine tree. When the pine tree struck the ground, the vibration caused a nearby dead maple tree to fall. It struck the injured employee in the right shoulder, fracturing the shoulder. The employee was hospitalized.

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