# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at John Lucas Tree Expert Co.
> OSHA SIR `2017010126` · 1/5/2017 · SPRINGFIELD, NEW HAMPSHIRE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet
- **Source:** Trees
- **Secondary source:** Limbs, branches-unattached
## Employer
- **Name:** John Lucas Tree Expert Co.
- **Location:** Sanborn Hill Road and Johnson Farm Road, SPRINGFIELD, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03284
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had trimmed tree branches and was descending from the tree. The employee's descending rope was tied to a branch that broke, causing the employee to fall approximately 25 feet to the ground. The employee suffered a fractured pelvis, a lacerated spleen, fractured ribs, a collapsed lung, fractured vertebrae, and a fractured left elbow.

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