# Intracranial injuries, unspecified at Walton EMC
> OSHA SIR `2016020991` · 2/2/2016 · MONROE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Intracranial injuries, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, n.e.c
## Employer
- **Name:** Walton EMC
- **Location:** 3217 Jack Glass Road, MONROE, GEORGIA, 30655
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping with ground work when a strap holding an auger to a truck broke and the auger swung free, hitting the employee in the head. He was knocked unconscious and was hospitalized with a head laceration. The employee was wearing a hardhat at the time of the incident.

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