# Fractures at The Davey Tree Expert Company
> OSHA SIR `2018077810` · 7/31/2018 · WOOSTER, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** The Davey Tree Expert Company
- **Location:** 3050 Mechanicsburg Rd., WOOSTER, OHIO, 44691
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in a bucket trimming the branch of a cherry tree when an adjacent ash tree fell and struck the employee. The employee was hospitalized with C6 and C7 vertebrae fractures and a bruised spine.

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