# Fractures at Empire Tree Experts, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2021010719` · 1/26/2021 · SAINT JOHNS, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
- **Source:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
- **Secondary source:** Ground irregularity
## Employer
- **Name:** Empire Tree Experts, LLC.
- **Location:** 4841 State Rd. 13 N., SAINT JOHNS, FLORIDA, 32259
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 26, 2021, two employees were trimming trees from an articulating boom lift, about 20 feet high. The lift drove over a septic hole, tilted, and fell; both employees jumped out. One of them suffered a broken right leg.

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