# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Davey Tree Expert Co Inc
> OSHA SIR `2021086599` · 8/6/2021 · AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Trees
- **Secondary source:** Rope, twine, string
## Employer
- **Name:** Davey Tree Expert Co Inc
- **Location:** 2604 Washington Road, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, 30904
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing a tree to trim branches from it. A rope that had been secured to a branch broke and the employee fell approximately 20 feet to the ground below. The employee suffered spinal fractures, a lost tooth, and kidney lacerations.

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