# Bruises, contusions at The Davey Tree Expert Co.
> OSHA SIR `2022075918` · 7/7/2022 · RIDGWAY, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Bruises, contusions
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Trees, logs, limbs, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** The Davey Tree Expert Co.
- **Location:** Utility Right of Way/667 California Rd., RIDGWAY, PENNSYLVANIA, 15853
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was felling a maple tree. The tree began to fall but became entangled with a dead tree. The top of the dead tree broke and fell into the employee's retreat path, striking his lower back and causing a hematoma.

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