# Intracranial injuries and injuries to internal organs at Superior Shipyard and Fabrication, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021098338` · 9/27/2021 · GOLDEN MEADOW, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Intracranial injuries and injuries to internal organs
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Piers, wharfs
## Employer
- **Name:** Superior Shipyard and Fabrication, Inc.
- **Location:** 20987 Highway 1, GOLDEN MEADOW, LOUISIANA, 70357
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While an employee was using a gangway to access a barge, the gangway collapsed and the employee fell 18 feet to the dry dock floor below. The employee suffered multiple injuries, including punctured lungs and severe head trauma.

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