# Skull fracture and intracranial injury at Norfolk Iron and Metal Transportation
> OSHA SIR `20221210573` · 12/5/2022 · ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Skull fracture and intracranial injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Trailers
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Norfolk Iron and Metal Transportation
- **Location:** 4305 81st Ave W, ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS, 61201
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had just dropped off a trailer at a warehouse and was preparing it to be loaded. The employee fell from the back of the trailer to the ground. The employee sustained a skull fracture and brain bleeding.

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