# Intracranial injuries, unspecified at Vertex Energy
> OSHA SIR `2017099287` · 9/27/2017 · BAYTOWN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Intracranial injuries, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Vertex Energy
- **Location:** 7311 Decker Drive, BAYTOWN, TEXAS, 77520
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was filling a tanker trailer with used oil that was being pumped from a larger stationary tank. He climbed the trailer-mounted ladder to open the dome hatch to check on the filling process. When he released one of the dome hatch cover clips, the lid was blown open from built-up pressure inside the tank. He was thrown from the ladder to the ground, hitting his head and neck and requiring hospitalization.

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