# Fractures at Mile-Hi Tree Care, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018065602` · 6/7/2018 · ARVADA, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Skull
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Limbs, branches-unattached
- **Secondary source:** Rope, twine, string
## Employer
- **Name:** Mile-Hi Tree Care, Inc.
- **Location:** 6241 Benton Street, ARVADA, COLORADO, 80003
- **NAICS:** 111421
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was acting as the "ground man" and lowering a large tree limb that had been cut. The limb slipped from the rope and fell, striking the employee on the head and causing a skull fracture. The employee was wearing a hard hat at the time.

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