# Fractures at HENTGES TREE SERVICE
> OSHA SIR `2023054540` · 5/22/2023 · CALIFORNIA, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** HENTGES TREE SERVICE
- **Location:** 30324 Highway PP, CALIFORNIA, MISSOURI, 65018
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing wedges into a tree they were cutting down when the tree fell and struck the employee. They sustained a lower leg fracture.

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