# Fractures at NELSON TREE SERVICE, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2020098896` · 9/18/2020 · OCALA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** NELSON TREE SERVICE, INC.
- **Location:** 1482 NW 60th Ave., OCALA, FLORIDA, 34482
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 18, 2020, at 10:43 AM, an employee was felling a tree. When the tree fell and contacted the ground, the butt end of the tree jumped off the stump and struck the employee. The butt end then knocked the employee to the ground and landed on the employee's left arm and shoulder area. The employee suffered a fractured ulna, clavicle and ribs. The fractured ulna required surgery.

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