# Fractures at The Davey Tree Expert Company
> OSHA SIR `20181212691` · 12/11/2018 · CHIPLEY, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Trees
- **Secondary source:** Fences, fence panels, gates, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** The Davey Tree Expert Company
- **Location:** 1218 Brickyard Rd., CHIPLEY, FLORIDA, 32428
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee working as a ground person was helping a second employee cut down trees along the power lines. The first employee was pulling a tree with a rigging line while it was being cut by the second employee using a chainsaw. While retreating, the first employee tripped over a fence and was struck by the tree. The employee was hospitalized with a broken left hip, and a bruised/lacerated left leg.

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