# Skull fracture and intracranial injury at Griffith Steel Erection, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2022087246` · 8/16/2022 · SALINA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Skull fracture and intracranial injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system
- **Source:** Girders, beams, structural steel
## Employer
- **Name:** Griffith Steel Erection, Inc
- **Location:** 616 E Pacific Ave, SALINA, KANSAS, 67401
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee fell from a steel beam. His fall protection caught him, but the momentum swung him into a concrete block wall. His head struck the wall and he was knocked unconscious, suffering a skull fracture and a brain bleed.

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