# Intracranial injuries with skull fractures at Target Store T1449-Metairie
> OSHA SIR `2024021877` · 2/29/2024 · METAIRIE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Intracranial injuries with skull fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** Target Store T1449-Metairie
- **Location:** 4500 Veterans Memorial Blvd, METAIRIE, LOUISIANA, 70006
- **NAICS:** 452210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was utilizing an A-frame ladder to conduct labeling operations for the style area of the facility. The employee fell from the ladder to the floor and sustained an epidural hematoma, right subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), left frontal subdural hematoma (SDH), left scalp hematoma, left occipitotemporal skull fracture, and left flank hematoma.

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