# Fractures at Penn Line Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2017021041` · 2/2/2017 · MONROE TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** Penn Line Corporation
- **Location:** 39 Breezy Acres Lane, MONROE TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA, 17870
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing tree trimming operations while tied off to a tree branch. The branch broke and the employee fell 12 feet to the ground, fracturing the L1 vertebra and requiring hospitalization.

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