# Intracranial injuries, unspecified at St Lucie Medical Center
> OSHA SIR `2022021081` · 2/4/2022 · PORT SAINT LUCIE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Intracranial injuries, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** St Lucie Medical Center
- **Location:** 1800 SE Tiffany Ave, PORT SAINT LUCIE, FLORIDA, 34952
- **NAICS:** 621112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking around the corner of a nurses' station to enter an adjacent hallway when she tripped over the leg of a piece of equipment, fell on her knees, and then hit her head and face on a wall and the floor. The employee suffered closed head injuries that required hospitalization.

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