# Intracranial injuries with skull fractures at Valmont Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025043899` · 4/26/2025 · TULSA, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Intracranial injuries with skull fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by suspended or swinging objects  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
- **Secondary source:** Hoists, lifts  overhead, cable
## Employer
- **Name:** Valmont Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 801 N Xanthus, TULSA, OKLAHOMA, 74101
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was rigging equipment at a manufacturing site. He was rigging a chain sling with a hook to lift up machine paneling and access the linear bearings. The chain sling hook slipped, went into the air, and struck the employee on the head, resulting in a skull fracture and brain bleed.

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