# Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages without skull fracture at The Home Depot
> OSHA SIR `2024087106` · 8/5/2024 · TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages without skull fracture
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Portable ladders and stairs  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** The Home Depot
- **Location:** 1490 Capital Circle Northwest, TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA, 32303
- **NAICS:** 444110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was retrieving a bottle off a shelf while standing on a three-step platform ladder. They missed a step and fell three feet to the concrete floor. The employee sustained bleeding and swelling of the brain.

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