# Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages at Cemex Construction Materials South, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019066116` · 6/18/2019 · EDINBURG, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Parking lot-paved
## Employer
- **Name:** Cemex Construction Materials South, LLC
- **Location:** 3710 South Expressway 281, EDINBURG, TEXAS, 78539
- **NAICS:** 324121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the cab of his truck. As he was climbing down using the cab steps, he lost his balance, fell backwards, and struck the back of his head on the paved ground. He sustained a contusion to the back of the head and bleeding to the back of the brain.

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