# Skull fracture and intracranial injury at Smart Chemical Solutions
> OSHA SIR `2023021168` · 2/6/2023 · MIDLAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Skull fracture and intracranial injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Furnaces, heaters
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Smart Chemical Solutions
- **Location:** 3318 S CR 1180, MIDLAND, TEXAS, 79706
- **NAICS:** 562211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee fell from the top of a 6-foot heater onto the floor of a 3-foot trailer and then onto the ground, suffering fractures to the right lower leg, collarbone, and skull and briefly losing consciousness.

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