# Skull fracture and intracranial injury at Rexel Holdings USA Corp.
> OSHA SIR `20171010170` · 10/23/2017 · CHEEKTOWAGA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Skull fracture and intracranial injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Rexel Holdings USA Corp.
- **Location:** 505 Duke Road, CHEEKTOWAGA, NEW YORK, 14225
- **NAICS:** 423610
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee in an order picker was traveling backwards at a height of approximately 4 feet when the picker struck a racking guide rail. Upon impact, he was thrown from the machine to the floor, suffering head trauma and skull fractures. PPE was not worn at the time.

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