# Fractures and surface, flesh wounds at Asplundh Tree, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025088165` · 8/17/2025 · CHILLICOTHE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
- **Source:** Drums, pulleys, sheaves
- **Secondary source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** Asplundh Tree, LLC
- **Location:** Allen Cliff Rd, CHILLICOTHE, OHIO, 45601
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A tree was being felled. As the tree fell, a rope puller broke and struck an employee's hand. The employee suffered a laceration and a broken thumb.

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