# Intracranial injuries, unspecified at Big Lots Stores, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2023010118` · 1/5/2023 · MELBOURNE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Intracranial injuries, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Big Lots Stores, Inc
- **Location:** 1345 South Babcock Street, MELBOURNE, FLORIDA, 32901
- **NAICS:** 452319
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee used a scissor lift to get to the trailer of a truck so he could unload the trailer. As he released the bar, heavy furniture pushed against it, and the bar knocked the employee off balance, causing him to fall from the trailer to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a head injury, and fractures to the ankle and wrist.

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