# Skull fracture and intracranial injury at Tulsa Tube Bending Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20221210807` · 12/13/2022 · TULSA, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Skull fracture and intracranial injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Tulsa Tube Bending Co., Inc.
- **Location:** 4192 S. Galveston Ave., TULSA, OKLAHOMA, 74107
- **NAICS:** 332996
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping a co-worker get a pipe bend loaded onto a forklift. He stepped in to attach a strap for stability and when the load was lifted with a crane, the bent pipe swung and struck the employee. He sustained skull fractures, a brain injury, and brain hemorrhaging.

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