# Fractures at NELSON TREE SERVICE
> OSHA SIR `20171211649` · 12/7/2017 · KIRKVILLE, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Skull
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Scrap, waste, debris, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** NELSON TREE SERVICE
- **Location:** 8385 Poolsbrook Road, KIRKVILLE, NEW YORK, 13082
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to remove a tree in a right-of-way when he tripped over debris and struck his head on a log. He suffered a skull fracture.

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