# Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages at Spring Branch Glass Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017065887` · 6/27/2017 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Spring Branch Glass Service, Inc.
- **Location:** 13831 Northwest Frwy, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77040
- **NAICS:** 238150
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee went to the passenger side of a truck and leaned the double-step fabric glass ladder against it. As he climbed the ladder, he fell backward and hit the curb. He suffered a bruised right shoulder, knot on the head, bruising and bleeding around the brain, a broken big toe, and a possible spine fracture.

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