# Fractures at Nature's Trees, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2017043355` · 4/13/2017 · BEDFORD HILLS, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** Nature's Trees, Inc
- **Location:** 575 Bedford Road, BEDFORD HILLS, NEW YORK, 10507
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing a tree to prune it when the tree failed about 5 feet below his tie-in point and he fell 20 feet to the ground, suffering a fracture that required hospitalization.

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