# Fractures at Wright Tree Services
> OSHA SIR `2016109642` · 10/12/2016 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Trees
- **Secondary source:** Rope, twine, string
## Employer
- **Name:** Wright Tree Services
- **Location:** 2163 Old Manor Road, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63136
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was descending from a tree when the rope came untied from the saddle and the employee fell approximately 25-30 feet fracturing the left hip and several ribs.

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