# Multiple intracranial injuries, n.e.c. at Solid Waste Services Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015096475` · 9/4/2015 · TEMPLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple intracranial injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Solid Waste Services Inc.
- **Location:** Intersection of Mount Laurel Avenue & Kutztown Road, TEMPLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 19560
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On or about September 4, 2015, at 12:09 p.m., an employee was riding on the right rear step of a garbage truck during a right-hand turn. He was knocked off of the step when his shoulder contacted an illegally parked semi-tractor trailer, and he fell onto the street, hitting his head and knocking him unconscious.  He was hospitalized for a concussion and subdural hematoma.

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