# Fractures and surface, flesh wounds at Edmund Burke, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20241211212` · 12/4/2024 · CARLTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Limbs, branches unattached
- **Secondary source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** Edmund Burke, Inc.
- **Location:** Between 1730 Carlton Rd & 1821 Carlton Rd, CARLTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 16311
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On December 4, 2024, at 1:30 p.m., an employee was sharpening his chainsaw. A snagged tree branch fell on his right arm, pushing it onto the saw. The employee suffered a fractured right ulna and a laceration to the underside of his arm, resulting in hospitalization and surgery.

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