# Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages at UPS
> OSHA SIR `2023098140` · 9/5/2023 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** UPS
- **Location:** 1300 E. Northside Dr., FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76102
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was going down a 3-4-foot ladder when he stepped off facing the ladder. As the employee stepped down, he landed on the ground and sustained a head injury and brain hemorrhaging that required hospitalization and stitches.

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