# Skull fracture and intracranial injury at Westby Cooperative Creamery
> OSHA SIR `20181111386` · 11/5/2018 · WESTBY, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Skull fracture and intracranial injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Westby Cooperative Creamery
- **Location:** 401 S Main Street, WESTBY, WISCONSIN, 54667
- **NAICS:** 311513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was struck by a forklift as it backed up. The employee fell backward and hit their head on the warehouse floor, suffering a small brain bleed, a fracture to the back of the skull, bruising of the left eye, and a small left cheek laceration.

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