# Intracranial injuries, unspecified at Wieser Brothers General Contractor, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022087562` · 8/25/2022 · WEST SALEM, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Intracranial injuries, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Wieser Brothers General Contractor, Inc.
- **Location:** 1131 Industrial Dr, WEST SALEM, WISCONSIN, 54669
- **NAICS:** 236115
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting floor joists on a mezzanine that was being constructed inside a lumber warehouse. While transitioning to an eight-foot step ladder, the employee fell 12 feet, landing on the concrete floor below. They were hospitalized for head trauma, pulled tendons in the left shoulder, a shoulder dislocation, and torn ligaments. Fall protection was not worn at the time.

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