# Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages at Gerber Products Co.
> OSHA SIR `2015107683` · 10/14/2015 · FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Gerber Products Co.
- **Location:** 4301 Harriet Ave, FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS, 72904
- **NAICS:** 311514
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on the caser line in the packaging area adjusting the caser machine. In the process of moving away from the caser machine, the employee was knocked down by an oncoming forklift delivering a load of materials in the packaging area. The employee hit his head on the concrete floor and was hospitalized for a fractured skull and bleeding in the brain.

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