# Fractures at Lewis Tree Service Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016010732` · 1/25/2016 · MILTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Shoulder(s) and arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Limbs, branches-unattached
## Employer
- **Name:** Lewis Tree Service Inc.
- **Location:** 85 Northeast Pond Rd., MILTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03851
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a red oak tree (60-feet tall, 18" in diameter) from an aerial lift unit. When the employee cut a piece of wood 8-feet long and 16" in diameter, the piece of wood broke free, fell back, and struck the employee. The employee suffered a fractured scapula and elbow.

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