# Fractures at The Davey Tree Expert Company
> OSHA SIR `20211110226` · 11/29/2021 · ATLANTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Trees
- **Secondary source:** Limbs, branches-unattached
## Employer
- **Name:** The Davey Tree Expert Company
- **Location:** 764 Lullwater Road, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30307
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A climber was working in a tree. A tree limb broke beneath him while he was disconnected to reposition himself. He fell to the ground 30 feet below and fractured both femurs.

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