# Fractures at NELSON TREE SERVICE, INC.
> OSHA SIR `20171110730` · 11/7/2017 · AKRON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
- **Source:** Trees, logs, limbs, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** NELSON TREE SERVICE, INC.
- **Location:** 1754 Hillside Terrace, AKRON, OHIO, 44305
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to remove debris from a roadway when a broken treetop rolled over and struck him, fracturing his femur and pelvis.

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