# Intracranial injuries, unspecified at National Oilwell Varco Tuboscope
> OSHA SIR `2023098333` · 9/9/2023 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Intracranial injuries, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** National Oilwell Varco Tuboscope
- **Location:** 10222 Sheldon Rd., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77049
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a 4-foot step ladder outside of the blast booth in the powder plant when they fell to the concrete floor and sustained a head injury.

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