# Skull fracture and intracranial injury at PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA - PCA
> OSHA SIR `2023054407` · 5/17/2023 · DERIDDER, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Skull fracture and intracranial injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Existing floor opening
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA - PCA
- **Location:** 4200 U.S. 190, DERIDDER, LOUISIANA, 70634
- **NAICS:** 488991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lubricating equipment approximately 20 feet above ground level when he fell through an opening and landed on the ground. The employee sustained a fractured skull, fractured T11 vertebra, and brain bleed.

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