# Intracranial injuries, unspecified at Saint Mary's Medical Center
> OSHA SIR `2022119893` · 11/9/2022 · WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Intracranial injuries, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Ceilings
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Saint Mary's Medical Center
- **Location:** 901 45TH ST, WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, 33407
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working to get inside an office that was locked. He used a ladder to climb up through the ceiling and then positioned himself above the locked office. He grabbed an aluminum beam/stud for support, but the beam cut his hand. The employee let go of the beam and fell from the ceiling onto a desk and then fell to the floor. The employee sustained a head injury from falling and also sustained a laceration to the arm and hand.

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