# Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages at The Home Depot
> OSHA SIR `2023109271` · 10/8/2023 · DALLAS, 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:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** The Home Depot
- **Location:** 11682 Forest Central Drive, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75243
- **NAICS:** 444110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on an electric ladder in the back aisle of the window department. The employee was getting a window down for a customer when they fell off the platform and landed 4 feet, 5 inches below. The employee hit his head and sustained brain bleeding.

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