# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Nelson Tree Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20201211807` · 12/17/2020 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Scrap, waste, debris, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Mowing machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Nelson Tree Service, Inc.
- **Location:** 1340 Minden Street, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76104
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A mower machine caught a piece of wood, about 2 feet long and 3 inches wide, and threw it 90 feet backward. It struck an employee in the lower back, causing broken ribs, a vertebral fracture, and lacerations to the kidney and spleen.

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