# Fractures at Penn Line Tree Service Inc
> OSHA SIR `2022021452` · 2/15/2022 · CATAWISSA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Trees
- **Secondary source:** Ground, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Penn Line Tree Service Inc
- **Location:** East Fifth St. Extension and Church St., CATAWISSA, PENNSYLVANIA, 17820
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 15, 2022, at approximately 3:20 PM, an employee was climbing a tree to perform utility line clearing work. The main stem (trunk) of the tree broke and the employee fell approximately 15 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with compression fractures to their L1 and L2 vertebrae.

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