# Intracranial injuries, unspecified at Pioneer Pole Buildings, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015118246` · 11/3/2015 · READING, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Intracranial injuries, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Roof surfaces other than roof edge
## Employer
- **Name:** Pioneer Pole Buildings, Inc.
- **Location:** 631 Washington St, READING, PENNSYLVANIA, 19601
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing metal roofing for a new pole building. As he was coming down the roof for a break, he fell through a seam in the roof approximately 12 ft. to the ground below. The employee suffered a head injury, a broken left wrist, stitches above the left eye and right elbow and a bruised tailbone.

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