# Fractures at Penn Line Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2017109572` · 10/5/2017 · BUCKHANNON, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** Penn Line Corporation
- **Location:** 63 Lee Glass Road, BUCKHANNON, WEST VIRGINIA, 26201
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing a tree to trim the branches when he slipped and fell approximately 15 feet to the ground, fracturing his L1 vertebra and requiring hospitalization.

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