# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Strobert Tree Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020065168` · 6/3/2020 · WEST CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** Strobert Tree Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 118 South Wawaset Road, WEST CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA, 19382
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting up felled trees. The tree supporting the tree he was cutting snapped back and struck the employee in the knee. The employee suffered a fractured knee and torn ligaments.

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