# Skull fracture and intracranial injury at Sports South LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020109329` · 10/1/2020 · SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Skull fracture and intracranial injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway incident involving motorized land vehicle, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Sports South LLC
- **Location:** 101 Robert G. Harris Dr, SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA, 71115
- **NAICS:** 423910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 1, 2020, around 6:30 PM, the injured employee was operating an order picker to fill orders. Another employee struck a pallet, which was then pushed into the injured employee's order picker, causing the injured employee to lose balance and fall approximately 15 feet to the ground. The injured employee sustained a brain bleed and fractures to the skull, ribs, arm, and shoulder. Fall protection was not worn at the time.

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