# Fractures at LP'S Trees
> OSHA SIR `2017054403` · 5/15/2017 · POLAND, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** LP'S Trees
- **Location:** 196 Jordan Shore Road, POLAND, MAINE, 04274
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to start a chainsaw while in a tree when the employee's gear gave way and the employee fell 15 to 20 feet to the ground, fracturing the third vertebra and requiring hospitalization.

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