# Intracranial injuries, unspecified at PUGET SOUND NAVAL SHIPYARD
> OSHA SIR `2017010835` · 1/26/2017 · SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Intracranial injuries, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** PUGET SOUND NAVAL SHIPYARD
- **Location:** 1801 16th Avenue S.W., SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, 98134
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was ascending a scaffold ladder when his foot got caught in a rung and he fell backwards. A co-worker came to his aid and freed him. While descending the remaining scaffold he slipped and fell approximately four feet to the pavement. The employee was hospitalized for a head injury.

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