# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Asplundh Tree Experts, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020042977` · 4/1/2020 · HUNTINGDON VALLEY, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Limbs, branches-unattached
## Employer
- **Name:** Asplundh Tree Experts, LLC
- **Location:** 321 Stahl Drive, HUNTINGDON VALLEY, PENNSYLVANIA, 19006
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A seven-employee crew was removing a 100-foot poplar tree. The crown was cut off and the employee on the tip line (which controls the direction of the tree limbs, keeping them away from power lines) was signaled to begin pulling. The tree limb that the tip line was attached to broke free and struck the employee's torso.

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