# Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages at Smith Welding & Steel Erectors LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022119585` · 11/1/2022 · DECATUR, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
- **Secondary source:** Building materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Smith Welding & Steel Erectors LLC
- **Location:** 3200 Mallard Fox Drive NW, DECATUR, ALABAMA, 35601
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was secured in a boom lift basket bolting purlins on a roof when the building collapsed, causing a rafter to strike the employee. The rafter caught and overturned the boom lift. The employee fell to the ground, resulting in a left distal femur fracture, facial fracture, and brain hemorrhaging.

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