An employee of Homan Lumber Company in Elkhart was transferred to an Indianapolis trauma center after being struck with a piece of wood Friday morning.

Company president Robert Homan tells WSBT-TV that the worker was cutting wood when he was somehow struck at about 7:30 a.m.

According to an official at the Elkhart Fire Department, the worker was initially transported to Memorial Hospital in South Bend. 

Homan supplies cut wood components and building materials to businesses.