# Fractures at Bartlett Tree Experts
> OSHA SIR `2021021637` · 2/23/2021 · SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Trees
- **Secondary source:** Tools, instruments, and equipment, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Bartlett Tree Experts
- **Location:** 603 Regency Crossing, SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS, 76092
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been pruning a tree using an arborist rope saddle and climbing equipment. While descending to the ground, the knot securing his rope to the harness became untied. The employee fell 15 feet onto a landscaped area of the property. The employee was hospitalized with possible broken ribs and shoulder and lower back injuries.

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