# Fractures at Penn Line Tree Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20241211498` · 12/12/2024 · CONNELLSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back  thoracic region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Limbs, branches unattached
- **Secondary source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** Penn Line Tree Service, Inc.
- **Location:** 154 Valley Lane, CONNELLSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 15425
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee and his crew were removing a tree at a residence. He walked into the drop zone just as a bucket operator cut a branch. The branch struck the employee between the shoulder blades, knocking him to the ground. The employee suffered a fracture to a singular transverse process bone in the thoracic area of his back.

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