# Skull fracture and intracranial injury at RIDOUT LUMBER COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2019099937` · 9/23/2019 · JOPLIN, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Skull fracture and intracranial injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** RIDOUT LUMBER COMPANY
- **Location:** 2500 West 7th Street, JOPLIN, MISSOURI, 64801
- **NAICS:** 423310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was getting into his truck when he fell and struck his head on the asphalt. He suffered a fractured skull and brain bleeding.

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