# Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages at Sysco Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20171110901` · 11/13/2017 · WEBSTER, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Delivery truck or van
## Employer
- **Name:** Sysco Corporation
- **Location:** 528 Bay Area Blvd., WEBSTER, TEXAS, 77598
- **NAICS:** 722310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading a delivery from the side cooler door of a truck trailer when he stepped back, lost his footing on the platform, and fell backwards to the pavement, hitting the back of his head. He suffered bleeding inside his skull and a scalp laceration, requiring hospitalization.

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