# Fractures at Asplundh Tree Expert Co
> OSHA SIR `2016087727` · 8/17/2016 · MELBOURNE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** Asplundh Tree Expert Co
- **Location:** 2184 Canterbury Ln, MELBOURNE, FLORIDA, 32935
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing a tree over a fence when he fell off the tree and struck the fence. He sustained broken ribs and possibly a ruptured spleen.

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