# Skull fracture and intracranial injury at Northland Contracting, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023076360` · 7/17/2023 · BUFFALO, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Skull fracture and intracranial injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Cement truck, concrete mixer truck
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Northland Contracting, Inc.
- **Location:** Heritage Point, BUFFALO, NEW YORK, 14202
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on the platform of a pump truck. He shook the hose to return the residual concrete in the hose to the hopper and tie off the hose. Air released causing the hose to swing and knock the employee off balance. He fell approximately 4 feet off the pump truck and struck his head and shoulder on the ground. The employee sustained fractures to the clavicle and skull as well as brain hemorrhaging and a concussion.

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