# Skull fracture and intracranial injury at LKQ Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2018054999` · 5/22/2018 · DENVER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Skull fracture and intracranial injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Jacks
## Employer
- **Name:** LKQ Corporation
- **Location:** 1355 W 52nd Ave, DENVER, COLORADO, 80221
- **NAICS:** 423140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a vehicle jack to hold up a vehicle while operating a speed impact gun. The vehicle jack failed and the vehicle struck the employee's head, causing a concussion and skull fracture. The employee was hospitalized.

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