# Fractures at WA Kendall and Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018021189` · 2/5/2018 · MILLPORT, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple face locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Trees, logs, limbs, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** WA Kendall and Co., Inc.
- **Location:** 2443 Liberty Rd, MILLPORT, ALABAMA, 35576
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While on an aerial lift, an employee was removing a tree top using a chain saw when the tree top fell backwards and struck the employee. The force of the contact drove the employee's face into the lip of the aerial lift's bucket. The employee suffered a broken nose and several facial fractures.

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