# Fractures at Wright Tree Service Inc
> OSHA SIR `2019088572` · 8/19/2019 · CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Trees
- **Secondary source:** Limbs, branches-unattached
## Employer
- **Name:** Wright Tree Service Inc
- **Location:** 706 Dover Place, CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS, 61820
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 19, 2019, an employee was preparing to trim a tree. The employee climbed a ladder and buckled into a tree limb when the limb snapped, causing the employee to fall approximately 15 feet to the ground below. The employee was hospitalized with broken ribs and a fractured spine.

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