# Intracranial injuries and injuries to internal organs at Book Country Clearing House, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20181011129` · 10/29/2018 · MCKEESPORT, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Intracranial injuries and injuries to internal organs
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Elevator shafts
- **Secondary source:** Elevators, hoists, aerial lifts, personnel platforms-except truck-mounted, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Book Country Clearing House, LLC
- **Location:** 3200 Walnut Street, MCKEESPORT, PENNSYLVANIA, 15132
- **NAICS:** 424920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was backing into an industrial lift on the main floor with a cart of books. The lift was not on the main floor and he fell 12 to 13 feet down the shaft, with the cart of books landing on top of him. He suffered bleeding on the brain and a broken shoulder, and he required stitches to the back of the head and hospitalization.

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