# Fractures at WRIGHT TREE SERVICE INC
> OSHA SIR `2020043158` · 4/7/2020 · WICHITA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Trees
- **Secondary source:** Ground, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** WRIGHT TREE SERVICE INC
- **Location:** Attn: Becky Jordan, WICHITA, KANSAS, 67212
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been trimming a tree at a peak working height of approximately 40 feet. While descending the tree, the employee fell approximately 10 feet to the ground and sustained a fractured sternum.

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