# Fractures at The Davey Tree Expert Company
> OSHA SIR `20201010290` · 10/29/2020 · VERO BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Trees
- **Secondary source:** Limbs, branches-unattached
## Employer
- **Name:** The Davey Tree Expert Company
- **Location:** Utility right of way, VERO BEACH, FLORIDA, 32960
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The tree limb that an employee was tied into failed causing the employee to fall and sustain a fractured left ankle.

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