# Skull fracture and intracranial injury at All Temp Refrigeration, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171211587` · 12/6/2017 · HILLSDALE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Skull fracture and intracranial injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** All Temp Refrigeration, Inc.
- **Location:** 28424 38th Ave N, HILLSDALE, ILLINOIS, 61257
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On December 6, 2017, at approximately 9:15 a.m., an employee was climbing a 12-foot step ladder to attach a retractable lanyard to a structural member when the employee fell backward from the fourth rung. The employee's head struck the concrete floor, and the employee was hospitalized with a skull fracture, brain bleed, and abrasions to the lower left calf and ankle.

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