# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Gebhard and son inc
> OSHA SIR `20201212091` · 12/30/2020 · NEWMANSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Trees
- **Secondary source:** Ground, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Gebhard and son inc
- **Location:** 301 Barry Lane, NEWMANSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 17073
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting down a birch tree. While he was making a cut to remove a section of the tree above his tie-in location, the tree broke below his feet. He fell to the ground about 20 feet below and suffered broken ribs and internal bleeding.

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