# Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages at Home Depot U.S.A., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022065092` · 6/13/2022 · DAYTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, unspecified
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Home Depot U.S.A., Inc.
- **Location:** 5200 Salem Avenue, DAYTON, OHIO, 45426
- **NAICS:** 452990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a manual pallet jack to unload a pallet of blow-in insulation from a truck at the dock. While moving the pallet jack over the lip where the dock meets the dock plate, the employee lost his footing, slipped and hit his head on the concrete ground resulting in a brain bleed. The employee was hospitalized.

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