# Fractures at Phil's Tree Services
> OSHA SIR `2024098167` · 9/3/2024 · LAKEWOOD, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Rib(s), oblique area
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Trees
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Phil's Tree Services
- **Location:** 4 Omni Court, LAKEWOOD, NEW JERSEY, 08701
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trimming a tree in a backyard when they fell from the tree to the ground, resulting in two fractured ribs.

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