# Bruises, contusions at F.A. Bartlett Tree Expert Company
> OSHA SIR `2019077487` · 7/22/2019 · HOLLIS, NEW HAMPSHIRE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Bruises, contusions
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system
- **Source:** Trees
- **Secondary source:** Limbs, branches-unattached
## Employer
- **Name:** F.A. Bartlett Tree Expert Company
- **Location:** 48 N Pepperell Road, HOLLIS, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03049
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was ascending a tree when the tree limb that their climbing line was attached to failed. Their fall protection equipment activated and the employee sustained suspension injuries including bruises.

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