# Skull fracture and intracranial injury at Southern Mechanical LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023099020` · 9/29/2023 · TAMPA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Skull fracture and intracranial injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Trees
- **Secondary source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Southern Mechanical LLC
- **Location:** 10204 Fisher Ave, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33619
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting trees in front of the company office when they fell about 20 feet from the tree and struck their head on a retaining wall. The employee sustained a right cerebral subarachnoid hemorrhage, left skull base fracture, facial fractures, and a sinus hematoma.

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