# Fractures at The Davey Tree Expert Company
> OSHA SIR `2021109032` · 10/20/2021 · KENILWORTH, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Tools, instruments, and equipment, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** The Davey Tree Expert Company
- **Location:** 105 Woodstock Ave., KENILWORTH, ILLINOIS, 60043
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing to climb a tree. To set his climbing line, he threw a throw line and throwball in the tree. The throwball got stuck in the tree and he pulled on the throw line to dislodge it when it came toward him and struck him under his right eye. The employee suffered a fractured orbital bone that required hospitalization.

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