# Intracranial injuries with skull fractures at Warren Barr Lincoln Park
> OSHA SIR `2024032030` · 3/5/2024 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Intracranial injuries with skull fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Warren Barr Lincoln Park
- **Location:** 2732 North Hampden Court, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60614
- **NAICS:** 623110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was restocking shelves with foam cups in a walk-in supply closet. While she was reaching over her head to place cups onto the top shelf, she fell backward and hit her head on the floor, resulting in an acute epidural hematoma, a hairline fracture to the back right of her head, and internal hemorrhaging.

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