# Fractures at KC Arborist
> OSHA SIR `20191212542` · 12/5/2019 · KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Skull
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Trees, logs, limbs, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** KC Arborist
- **Location:** 7311 Holmes Road, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, 64131
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was picking up twigs from the ground while another employee was in a tree cutting it down. A section of the tree dropped onto the head of the employee on the ground, who suffered a broken skull.

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