# Fractures at Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022053885` · 5/5/2022 · GROVE, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Limbs, branches-unattached
## Employer
- **Name:** Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC
- **Location:** 901 W 14th St., GROVE, OKLAHOMA, 74344
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was limbing a tree trunk that had fallen onto power lines. When one limb was trimmed, another whipped upward and struck the employee, who suffered broken ribs. The employee was hospitalized.

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