# Cuts, lacerations at Asplundh Tree Expert Co.
> OSHA SIR `2021086536` · 8/4/2021 · ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
- **Secondary source:** Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Asplundh Tree Expert Co.
- **Location:** 500 Block of John Street, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, 61103
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At 9:30 a.m. on August 4, 2021, a two-person crew was trimming branches on a 36-foot locust tree using an elevator lift truck. An employee was in the elevated bucket of the boom truck using a stick saw. While he was lowering the boom to clear some hangers, the walking pin to the hydraulic cylinder failed. The upper boom and bucket fell about 7.9 feet, coming to rest on the top of the cab protection rack. The employee suffered a head laceration and was hospitalized.

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