# Skull fracture and intracranial injury at Van Diest Supply Company
> OSHA SIR `2021086627` · 8/6/2021 · LEON, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Skull fracture and intracranial injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Van Diest Supply Company
- **Location:** Fleming Feed & Grain, LEON, KANSAS, 67074
- **NAICS:** 325320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stepping off the side of a truck cab which is about 30 inches above the ground. He fell and the back of his head struck a 2-foot high retaining wall. The employee lost consciousness. He was hospitalized with a skull fracture, concussion, amnesia, and a gash that required sutures.

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