# Fractures at Wright Tree Service Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022086757` · 8/1/2022 · ATHENS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** Wright Tree Service Inc.
- **Location:** 6856 East Beechwood Drive, ATHENS, OHIO, 45701
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A crew felled a 65-foot pine tree and were removing limbs. The trunk of the tree was approximately 6 feet above the ground and as the crew was moving the trunk to the ground, the tree fell on the injured employee. He sustained a fractured back.

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