# Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages without skull fracture at Lancaster General Health
> OSHA SIR `2024010024` · 1/2/2024 · LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages without skull fracture
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Chairs, single-person seating
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** Lancaster General Health
- **Location:** 434 N Lime St, LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, 17604
- **NAICS:** 517919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 2, 2024, at 8:15 a.m., an employee was sitting at his desk while on the phone. The employee leaned back in his chair, fell backward and struck his head on an electrical wall receptacle, resulting in internal bleeding and a laceration to the back of his scalp. The employee was hospitalized.

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