# Fractures at Nelson Tree Services Inc
> OSHA SIR `2015075131` · 7/28/2015 · SUSSEX, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Pelvis
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Trees
- **Secondary source:** Lifelines, lanyards, safety belts, harnesses
## Employer
- **Name:** Nelson Tree Services Inc
- **Location:** 32 Judge Beach Rd, SUSSEX, NEW JERSEY, 07461
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee engaged in tree cutting and trimming with a chainsaw fell approximately 30 feet to the ground below when his support rope was cut. He fractured his pelvis.

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