# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Asplundh Tree Expert Co.
> OSHA SIR `2017031956` · 3/1/2017 · MIDDLETOWN, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** Asplundh Tree Expert Co.
- **Location:** 644o Yankee Rd., MIDDLETOWN, OHIO, 45043
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting down a tree. When the tree fell, the base of the tree struck the employee resulting in a fractured pelvis, a collapsed lung and two broken vertebrae.

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