# Intracranial injuries with skull fractures at Hill & Markes, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024043214` · 4/12/2024 · AMSTERDAM, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Intracranial injuries with skull fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** Hill & Markes, Inc
- **Location:** 1997 New York 5S, AMSTERDAM, NEW YORK, 12010
- **NAICS:** 423850
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was retrieving a pallet from an elevated area on a rack and fell 10-12 feet to the ground, suffering a skull fracture, a spinal fracture, and a brain bleed. Fall protection was not being used at the time of the incident.

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