# Skull fracture and intracranial injury at Central Freight Lines, Inc
> OSHA SIR `20201211761` · 12/16/2020 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Skull fracture and intracranial injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Central Freight Lines, Inc
- **Location:** 5800 Mesa Drive, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77028
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a trailer door and its spring. The spring broke loose and hit him in the right front side of the head. He then fell out of the trailer, landing on his head. He suffered a skull fracture and head swelling, and his right eye swelled shut.

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