# Herniated discs at Asplundh Tree Expert Company
> OSHA SIR `2016032414` · 3/21/2016 · CLARKS SUMMIT, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Herniated discs
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** Asplundh Tree Expert Company
- **Location:** Maple Drive and Orchard Drive, CLARKS SUMMIT, PENNSYLVANIA, 18411
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was ascending a tree. At 20 feet, he wrapped his climbing lanyard around a limb. When he put his weight on it, the limb broke, and he fell 20 feet, hitting a branch on the way down. He suffered forward shift vertebrae injuries.

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