# Skull fracture and intracranial injury at Superior Lighting, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017021120` · 2/3/2017 · TOPEKA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Skull fracture and intracranial injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Superior Lighting, Inc.
- **Location:** 700 SW Topeka Blvd, TOPEKA, KANSAS, 66603
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing a lamp in a light fixture when he lost his balance and fell off an 8-foot ladder. He struck the concrete below and suffered a broken back bone, fractured skull, and brain trauma.

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