# Intracranial injuries with skull fractures at Casey's General Store
> OSHA SIR `20241211089` · 12/2/2024 · ROCK PORT, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Intracranial injuries with skull fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Chairs, single-person seating
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Casey's General Store
- **Location:** 102 US Highway 136, ROCK PORT, MISSOURI, 64482
- **NAICS:** 447110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was completing inventory while standing on a stool when her legs gave out and she fell backward. The employee struck her head on the corner of a safe, resulting in a skull fracture and brain bleed. The employee was hospitalized.

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