# Fractures at Russell Tree Experts
> OSHA SIR `2024109549` · 10/14/2024 · WESTERVILLE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk and other upper extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Dump trucks
- **Secondary source:** Rain
## Employer
- **Name:** Russell Tree Experts
- **Location:** 3427 East Dublin Granville Road, WESTERVILLE, OHIO, 43081
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A grapple truck operator was climbing an equipment ladder on the side of his truck to access the grapple station while it was raining. He slipped off a ladder rung and fell about 8 feet to the ground, landing on his left arm and stomach. He was hospitalized with a compound left elbow fracture, two fractured ribs, and a fractured L2 vertebra.

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