# Skull fracture and intracranial injury at Veterans Administration
> OSHA SIR `2019055235` · 5/23/2019 · LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Skull fracture and intracranial injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Veterans Administration
- **Location:** 4101 S 4th St, LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS, 66048
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was talking to another employee when his legs started to give and he fell backwards and struck his head on the floor. He sustained a skull fracture and head trauma.

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