# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Asplundh Tree Expert LLC
> OSHA SIR `20171010017` · 10/18/2017 · MADISON, WEST VIRGINIA
## 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 more than 30 feet
- **Source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** Asplundh Tree Expert LLC
- **Location:** PD Fork Road, MADISON, WEST VIRGINIA, 25130
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 18, 2017, at approximately 9:55 a.m., an employee was working on a planned outage and ascending a white pine tree scheduled to be removed. He was in the tree at a height of approximately 59 feet when he inadvertently unhooked the wrong safety strap and fell 68 feet to the sloped ground below. He suffered a partial lung collapse, four fractured ribs, a small cut to the right eyelid, and a hairline fracture to the left leg.

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