# Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages at Central Painting & Sandblasting, Inc
> OSHA SIR `20221211219` · 12/28/2022 · NAVARRE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Stairs, steps-indoors
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Central Painting & Sandblasting, Inc
- **Location:** 8543 Riverland Avenue Southwest, NAVARRE, OHIO, 44662
- **NAICS:** 811121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was spray painting the front of a frac tank. He was moving down the steps, spray painting the surfaces he had just been occupying, when he reached to spray a spot and lost his balance. He fell backward and the back of his head struck the concrete floor. He lost consciousness, suffered bleeding inside the skull, and was hospitalized.

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