# Fractures at Davey Tree Expert Company, The
> OSHA SIR `20181111334` · 11/2/2018 · WEST SALEM, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Limbs, branches-unattached
- **Secondary source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** Davey Tree Expert Company, The
- **Location:** 8749 Wohlgamuth Rd., WEST SALEM, OHIO, 44287
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A heavy tree branch was cut down, striking an employee who was walking below. He suffered a fractured pelvis and fractures to the thoracic spine.

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