# Fractures at Wisconsin Electric Power Company
> OSHA SIR `20161211928` · 12/26/2016 · EAGLE RIVER, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Skull
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** Wisconsin Electric Power Company
- **Location:** 16835 Hahn Rd., EAGLE RIVER, WISCONSIN, 54521
- **NAICS:** 221112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a tree from a downed power line. The tree struck the employee in the head causing a skull fracture.

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