# Skull fracture and intracranial injury at Select Energy Services
> OSHA SIR `2015010563` · 1/17/2015 · TIOGA, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple cranial region locations
- **Nature of injury:** Skull fracture and intracranial injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Hoses
## Employer
- **Name:** Select Energy Services
- **Location:** On county rd. 21; b/t 58 & 59; s. of Highway 2, TIOGA, NORTH DAKOTA, 58852
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee was taking out a 10-inch hose to get water ready for the frac operation when he was struck by the hose on his ankle.  The employee flipped and fell on his head.  He bled from the left ear and suffered a closed fracture behind his left ear and internal bleeding on the brain.

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