# Skull fracture and intracranial injury at Priefert Manufacturing
> OSHA SIR `2017076156` · 7/5/2017 · MOUNT PLEASANT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Skull fracture and intracranial injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Priefert Manufacturing
- **Location:** 2630 South Jefferson, MOUNT PLEASANT, TEXAS, 75455
- **NAICS:** 333111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was tarping a load of steel on a semi-trailer when he fell 3.5 feet from the trailer to the concrete pavement below, suffering a scalp laceration, skull fracture, and brain hemorrhage.

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