# Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2019088769` · 8/23/2019 · LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
- **Secondary source:** Parking lot-paved
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 7435 N. Figueroa Street, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, 90041
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was unloading a truck at the loading dock when the employee fell backwards off the dock to a lower level, striking his head on concrete. He sustained a head laceration requiring stitches, and blood on the brain. He was hospitalized.

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