# Fractures at Asplundh Tree Expert Co.
> OSHA SIR `2017010576` · 1/19/2017 · ALABASTER, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Asplundh Tree Expert Co.
- **Location:** County Road 835, ALABASTER, ALABAMA, 35007
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While on a ladder replacing a fiberglass boom in a mechanical tree trimmer, an employee was knocked off the ladder and fell to the ground. The employee suffered a fractured hip.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*