# Intracranial injuries, unspecified at Del-Air HVAC
> OSHA SIR `20181212664` · 12/10/2018 · SARASOTA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Intracranial injuries, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Existing floor opening
## Employer
- **Name:** Del-Air HVAC
- **Location:** 8245 Grande Shores Dr., SARASOTA, FLORIDA, 34240
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working from a ladder on the second floor of a residential house. There was a hole in the floor approximately 3 inches in diameter in the area where the ladder was set up. The ladder shifted to the side and the employee fell 4 feet to the wooden floor. The employee sustained a head injury and was hospitalized.

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