# Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages without skull fracture at Bolimex Construction
> OSHA SIR `2024010011` · 1/2/2024 · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages without skull fracture
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Tiles  ceramic, stone, glass
- **Secondary source:** Building  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Bolimex Construction
- **Location:** 300 K Street NW, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20001
- **NAICS:** 238140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a swing scaffold, preparing to install terracotta tile on the exterior of a building. Terracotta tiles that had been previously installed on the building detached and fell striking the employee in the head. The employee suffered lacerations to the head, a head injury, bleeding around the brain, and neck and back injuries.

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