# Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages at Gateways To Better Living, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019021231` · 2/2/2019 · YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Stairs, steps-indoors
- **Secondary source:** Handrails, banisters
## Employer
- **Name:** Gateways To Better Living, Inc.
- **Location:** 3222 Sheridan Road, YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, 44502
- **NAICS:** 623220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was carrying laundry down to the basement when the stair railing gave way and she fell down 12 steps. She was hospitalized with a subdural hematoma, fractured left thumb, contused forehead, compression fracture to the C7 vertebra, fractured right humerus, abrasion to the buttock, and contused right thigh.

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