# Intracranial injuries  unspecified at Border States Paving, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024043418` · 4/19/2024 · WING, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Intracranial injuries  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Automobile
## Employer
- **Name:** Border States Paving, Inc.
- **Location:** Near RP 12 on ND Highway 14 between Sterling, ND and Wing, ND, WING, NORTH DAKOTA, 58494
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on a road, flagging traffic to slow it down inside a work zone. A passenger vehicle struck another vehicle that was parked off the roadway. While avoiding that vehicle, the employee fell and struck their head on the pavement. The employee suffered head and shoulder injuries (including a wound to the back of the head that required staples) and lost consciousness. The employee was hospitalized.

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