# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Tree Professional, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024053984` · 5/7/2024 · CULLMAN, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Limbs, branches unattached
- **Secondary source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** Tree Professional, Inc.
- **Location:** 473 County Road 1094, CULLMAN, ALABAMA, 35057
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was retrieving trimmed tree branches from the ground when a branch came down and struck them in the head and the left side of their face. They sustained a head injury, laceration, and swelling.

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