# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Wood Stock Tree Surgeon
> OSHA SIR `2017065366` · 6/12/2017 · CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Wood Stock Tree Surgeon
- **Location:** Heritage Lane Road, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, 78414
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trimming a tree using a pole-saw while inside an aerial lift when the pole-saw contacted an electrical powerline. The employee was electrically shocked and fell 15 feet to the ground, suffering electrical burns, a fractured back, and a collapsed lung.

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