# Fractures at Townsend Tree Service Company LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018099323` · 9/10/2018 · SEBRING, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Skull
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Limbs, branches-unattached
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Townsend Tree Service Company LLC
- **Location:** 655 Pine Lake Road, SEBRING, OHIO, 44672
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 10, 2018, a tree trimmer was removing a limb from a utility line after a storm. When the tension was released, the limb hit the employee in the face, breaking the skull near the eye socket.

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