# Intracranial injuries, unspecified at The Yankee Candle Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020010477` · 1/16/2020 · SOUTH DEERFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Intracranial injuries, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** The Yankee Candle Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 14 Industrial Drive, SOUTH DEERFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, 01373
- **NAICS:** 339999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 16, 2020, at 6:20 p.m., an employee stepped out of the cab of a trailer truck and onto an asphalt road when he slipped on black ice, fell on the road. He suffered a head injury and laceration, requiring hospitalization.

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