# Skull fracture and intracranial injury at 5 STAR CAR RENTAL, INC. dba Avis Rent A Car
> OSHA SIR `20211210719` · 12/14/2021 · RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Skull fracture and intracranial injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Parking lot-paved
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** 5 STAR CAR RENTAL, INC. dba Avis Rent A Car
- **Location:** 4550 Terminal Road. Suite. 107, RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57703
- **NAICS:** 532111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking across an icy parking lot before the start of her 8:00 a.m. work shift. She slipped and fell, hitting her head and suffering a skull fracture near the left ear and internal bleeding (along with dizziness, nausea, and memory loss). She was hospitalized.

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