# Intracranial injuries with skull fractures at TOTAL WESTERN
> OSHA SIR `2024053874` · 5/3/2024 · NEBRASKA CITY, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Intracranial injuries with skull fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
- **Source:** Fasteners  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Heating and cooking machinery, appliances  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** TOTAL WESTERN
- **Location:** 7264 L Rd., NEBRASKA CITY, NEBRASKA, 68410
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was horizontally pulling air pre-heater baskets with a come-along connected to a pad eye on the basket. The pad eye broke off the basket and flew toward the employee, hitting him on the forehead. He sustained a laceration, fractured skull, and hemorrhage.

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