# Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages without skull fracture at Recycle WV
> OSHA SIR `2024021370` · 2/13/2024 · PRINCETON, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages without skull fracture
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Excavators
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** Recycle WV
- **Location:** 951 Virginian Industrial Park Road, PRINCETON, WEST VIRGINIA, 24740
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing a heating unit on an excavator. As they stepped off the excavator, the employee lost footing and fell striking their head on the concrete. The employee lost consciousness and was hospitalized for a brain bleed that required surgery.

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