# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Wright Tree Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017054184` · 5/8/2017 · PEORIA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet
- **Source:** Trees, logs, limbs, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Wright Tree Service, Inc.
- **Location:** 2829 Huntington Dr, PEORIA, ILLINOIS, 61614
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 8, 2017, around 9:00 a.m., an employee was cutting tree limbs away from power lines. He was repositioning himself in the tree 45- to 60-feet high when the limb he was tied off to broke and he fell to the ground. He was hospitalized with a collapsed lung, pelvic injuries, and back injuries that required surgery.

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