# Skull fracture and intracranial injury at Altman Specialty Plants Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019088873` · 8/27/2019 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Skull fracture and intracranial injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Ran off driving surface, nonroadway
- **Source:** Tractor, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
## Employer
- **Name:** Altman Specialty Plants Inc.
- **Location:** 1101 Dalton Lane, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78742
- **NAICS:** 111421
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

After performing her duties, an employee was parking the tractor at the dock. The tractor went off the dock and the employee was hospitalized with a fractured skull and a subdural hematoma.

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