# Fractures at Asplundh Tree Expert LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019099572` · 9/13/2019 · UPPER ARLINGTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Asplundh Tree Expert LLC
- **Location:** 2800 N. Star Road, UPPER ARLINGTON, OHIO, 43221
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 13, 2019, an employee was pruning branches when the tie-in point for the rope broke. The employee fell 18 feet to the ground, fracturing a vertebra in his back.

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