# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Dave Wood Tree and Landscaping
> OSHA SIR `2018089044` · 8/31/2018 · CHAGRIN FALLS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
## Cause
- **Event:** Other jump to lower level 21 to 25 feet
- **Source:** Trees
- **Secondary source:** Limbs, branches-unattached
## Employer
- **Name:** Dave Wood Tree and Landscaping
- **Location:** 8432 Lakeshore Drive, CHAGRIN FALLS, OHIO, 44022
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was about 25 feet up a tree, trying to cut off a large overhanging tree limb. The limb he had tied off to broke. He fell to the ground, landing flat on his stomach. He suffered collapsed lungs, fractured ribs, and an internally relocated stomach, requiring surgery.

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