# Fractures at Asplundh Tree, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018065530` · 6/6/2018 · COLUMBUS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Trees
- **Secondary source:** Ground, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Asplundh Tree, LLC
- **Location:** 1934 Stratford Way, COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43219
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in a tree approximately 10 feet up to perform tree cutting. As the employee was descending, the tree fell and the employee fell about 8 feet. The employee sustained an L2 fracture to his back and fractured bones in his left foot.

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