# Intracranial injuries, unspecified at Caprock Midstream
> OSHA SIR `2017054017` · 5/3/2017 · PECOS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Intracranial injuries, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
## Employer
- **Name:** Caprock Midstream
- **Location:** Pipeline north of Pecos, TX, PECOS, TEXAS, 79772
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inspecting an excavation on his knees. When he tried to stand up, he slipped and fell 8 feet into the excavation, hitting his head on a pipe. He was hospitalized with a head injury.

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