# Fractures at The Davey Tree Expert Company
> OSHA SIR `20191111413` · 11/1/2019 · CHEPACHET, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
- **Source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** The Davey Tree Expert Company
- **Location:** 56 Keech Dam Rd., CHEPACHET, RHODE ISLAND, 02814
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working with a ground man to remove a storm-damaged red oak tree that had fallen on a primary power line and secondary communication lines. The tree was being supported by two branches near ground level. When one branch was cut, the weight shifted onto the other branch, which failed. This caused the tree to roll and strike the employee in the right leg, fracturing his femur.

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