# Fractures at The Davey Tree Expert Company
> OSHA SIR `2021109261` · 10/27/2021 · AVONDALE ESTATES, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Trees
- **Secondary source:** Ground, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** The Davey Tree Expert Company
- **Location:** 111N. Clarendon Ave., AVONDALE ESTATES, GEORGIA, 30002
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was training to climb trees. When he was approximately 27 feet up the tree, slack got into the carabiner system and the employee fell to the ground, resulting in spinal fractures.

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