# Skull fracture and intracranial injury at Kloeckner Metals Corperation
> OSHA SIR `2019022108` · 2/25/2019 · NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Skull fracture and intracranial injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Kloeckner Metals Corperation
- **Location:** 4501 North Miro St., NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, 70117
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While securing a load of steel plates with chains and binders, an employee suffered lacerations to the head, a skull fracture, and a concussion.

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