# Intracranial injuries, unspecified at Simmons Pet Food Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022043010` · 4/5/2022 · EMPORIA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Intracranial injuries, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Simmons Pet Food Inc.
- **Location:** 1400 East Logan Ave., EMPORIA, KANSAS, 66801
- **NAICS:** 311111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was going up stairs to the kitchen deck. A forklift mast struck an overhead pipe causing it to swing down and strike the employee on the head. The employee was hospitalized for a head injury.

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