# Fractures at Tree Technology & Landscape Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017076619` · 7/17/2017 · BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Lifelines, lanyards, safety belts, harnesses
## Employer
- **Name:** Tree Technology & Landscape Co., Inc.
- **Location:** 488 Fenway, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02115
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee climbed a ladder to access a tree. He fell approximately 10 feet to the ground as he was transferring from the ladder to the tree when his climbing line failed. The employee suffered a broken hip.

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