# Fractures at Sparta Tree Services
> OSHA SIR `2015096471` · 9/3/2015 · SPARTA, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Porches, balconies, decks, patios
- **Secondary source:** Limbs, branches-unattached
## Employer
- **Name:** Sparta Tree Services
- **Location:** 1 Hilltop trail, SPARTA, NEW JERSEY, 07871
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a fallen tree limb when it became unstable, rolled, and knocked him off of a deck to the ground roughly 11 feet below. The employee sustained broken ribs.

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