# Fractures at Newman Tree Service Inc
> OSHA SIR `2017010071` · 1/5/2017 · HANCEVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall from collapsing structure or equipment more than 30 feet
- **Source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** Newman Tree Service Inc
- **Location:** 10148 U S Highway 31, HANCEVILLE, ALABAMA, 35077
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing a tree to cut off the limbs and underbrush when the tree roots came up and the tree fell into the lake. The employee also fell about 40 to 50 feet into the lake while still attached to the tree with safety equipment. He broke both legs and his pelvis.

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