# Fractures at John W. Field Tree Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024042995` · 4/4/2024 · NEW MARLBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back  lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Rocks, stone, gravel
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** John W. Field Tree Service, Inc.
- **Location:** 63 S Sandisfield Road, NEW MARLBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS, 01230
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

After unloading a truckload of firewood, an employee was using spray paint to indicate on the logs the date they arrived at the tree service's yard. The employee stood on a 12-inch rock to paint a date and his feet slipped, causing him to fall on his back. The employee lost consciousness and fractured a lower vertebra. The employee was hospitalized.

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