# Fractures at Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019032487` · 3/7/2019 · VERO BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall from collapsing structure or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC
- **Location:** 7905 66 Avenue, VERO BEACH, FLORIDA, 32967
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trimming from the basket of an aerial lift. The basket tipped and the employee fell to the ground, suffering a broken femur.

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