# Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages at Lowe's Companies, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181212789` · 12/13/2018 · SPRING, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Power cords, electrical cords, extension cords
## Employer
- **Name:** Lowe's Companies, Inc.
- **Location:** 20902 Kuykendahl Rd., SPRING, TEXAS, 77379
- **NAICS:** 444190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was near the copy machine behind the commercial desk when she tripped over an electrical cord, falling and hitting her head on the floor. She sustained a subdural hematoma, a cut above the left eye and pain in the left arm and right knee. She was hospitalized.

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