# Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries at Black Diamond Power Company
> OSHA SIR `2025055094` · 5/29/2025 · CLAY, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk and other upper extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Trees
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Black Diamond Power Company
- **Location:** Route 16, CLAY, WEST VIRGINIA, 25043
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were responding to power outages caused by a storm. The injured employee was surveying the damage near an area where power lines were suspected to be down. An adjacent tree fell and struck the injured employee. He sustained internal and crushing injuries, including liver bruising and internal bleeding. He also sustained a broken arm and required surgery.

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