# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Asplundh Tree Expert Company
> OSHA SIR `20211210331` · 12/1/2021 · BRADFORD, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **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:** Chainsaws-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Asplundh Tree Expert Company
- **Location:** 98 Stone Ave, BRADFORD, PENNSYLVANIA, 16701
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was up a tree, trimming tree branches with a chainsaw. The chainsaw cut his lanyard and he fell to the ground about 18 feet below. He suffered fractured vertebrae in his lower back, as well as a punctured bowel, and was hospitalized.

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