# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Toms Tree Service LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022075888` · 7/6/2022 · MOORESTOWN, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Trees
- **Secondary source:** Ground, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Toms Tree Service LLC
- **Location:** 4 South Shirley Avenue, MOORESTOWN, NEW JERSEY, 08057
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting down a tree. When he made a cut, the weight of the tree's top section broke off the lower section, which he was tied off to. He fell about 20 feet, landing on the grass-covered ground and suffering a lower back injury.

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