# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Madison Tree Care & Landscaping, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019099599` · 9/13/2019 · CINCINNATI, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet
- **Source:** Cranes, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Lifelines, lanyards, safety belts, harnesses
## Employer
- **Name:** Madison Tree Care & Landscaping, Inc.
- **Location:** 3459 Observatory Place, CINCINNATI, OHIO, 45208
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trimming a tree while attached to a crane when the employee's fall protection harness broke. The employee fell approximately 50 feet to the ground, sustaining injuries to the back, ankle, ribs, and sternum.

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