# Fractures at Wright Tree Service Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20221210575` · 12/5/2022 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Trees
- **Secondary source:** Chainsaws-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Wright Tree Service Inc.
- **Location:** 3024 Acme Brick Plaza, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76109
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was ascending a tree to trim the top off with a chainsaw. At a height of 20 feet, he clipped into the equipment holding line. He then fell from the tree and landed on a chainsaw on the ground. The employee sustained a broken femur.

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