# Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages at Performance Food Group Customized Distribution
> OSHA SIR `2015129720` · 12/24/2015 · BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Performance Food Group Customized Distribution
- **Location:** 5957 Chalkville Mtn Road, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35235
- **NAICS:** 424420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was making a delivery at a restaurant location. Product in back of the semi-trailer shifted and fell against the load-lock. The employee released the load-lock to adjust the product. The product fell onto the employee knocking him to the ground. Product and the load-lock fell onto the employee.  The fall was approximately 30 feet from the back of the semi-trailer.  The employee sustained a fractured right eardrum and bleeding in the brain.

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