# Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages at Yale New Haven Hospital
> OSHA SIR `2020021144` · 2/4/2020 · GREENWICH, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against stationary object or equipment while rising
- **Source:** Shelves, shelving
## Employer
- **Name:** Yale New Haven Hospital
- **Location:** 5 Perryridge Road, GREENWICH, CONNECTICUT, 06830
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 4, 2020, an employee was bent over to re-stock a lower bin/shelf when he stood up and struck his head/face on a plastic shelving bin. He suffered a subdural hematoma and acute subdural bleed over a chronic bleed in the frontal lobe of the brain, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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