# Fractures at ASPLUNDH TREE EXPERT CO.
> OSHA SIR `2017087991` · 8/19/2017 · HAMBURG, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** ASPLUNDH TREE EXPERT CO.
- **Location:** 2020 US Highway 425 S, HAMBURG, ARKANSAS, 71646
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a chainsaw to fell a 68-foot tall, 16-inch to 20-inch diameter at breast height chestnut tree when the tree began to fall and struck another tree. The butt of the tree kicked back, striking and fracturing the employee's right leg just above the ankle.

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