# Pinched nerve at Van Ert Electric Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018054264` · 5/2/2018 · WAUPACA, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Pinched nerve
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against stationary object or equipment while rising
- **Source:** Ceilings
## Employer
- **Name:** Van Ert Electric Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 1040 West Fulton Street, WAUPACA, WISCONSIN, 54981
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on top of a cooler removing conduit when he struck his head on the ceiling while wearing his hard hat. He was hospitalized with a pinched nerve in his C7 vertebra.

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