# Intracranial injuries, unspecified at German Pellets Louisiana, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016109878` · 10/20/2016 · URANIA, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Intracranial injuries, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
- **Secondary source:** Hoses
## Employer
- **Name:** German Pellets Louisiana, LLC
- **Location:** 4915 Hwy 125, URANIA, LOUISIANA, 71480
- **NAICS:** 999999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in an aerial lift washing down plant equipment with a fire hose. The fire hose became tangled in the aerial lift causing it to tip over and the employee fell 16 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized for a head injury, a collapsed lung and a laceration on the throat.

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