# Skull fracture and intracranial injury at SouthernCarlson
> OSHA SIR `20231211528` · 12/20/2023 · SNELLVILLE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Skull fracture and intracranial injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** SouthernCarlson
- **Location:** 3250 Centerville Hwy, SNELLVILLE, GEORGIA, 30039
- **NAICS:** 423390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing inside a semi-trailer when the driver of the semi-trailer pulled away, causing the employee to fall backward and strike their head on a steel dock plate. The employee suffered a skull fracture, a fractured L1 vertebra, a broken coccyx, a laceration/abrasion to the head, and a brain bleed.

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