# Intracranial injuries, unspecified at E.K. Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018066418` · 6/27/2018 · NEW CUMBERLAND, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Intracranial injuries, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Dump truck
- **Secondary source:** Backhoes, trackhoes
## Employer
- **Name:** E.K. Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 260 Old York Road, NEW CUMBERLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, 17070
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was getting out of a dump truck and facing the truck with three points of contact. As he stepped onto the slip-resistant tread, his foot slipped off and he fell backwards, striking his head on the step of a backhoe that was parked next to him. He suffered a head laceration and lost consciousness.

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