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Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages without skull fracture

1 hospitalization · 2024054260 · 5/14/2024 · The Pennsylvania State University

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Brain
Nature of injury
Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages without skull fracture

Cause

Event
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source
Self-supporting scaffolds or staging
Secondary source
Other constructed surface

Employer

Name
The Pennsylvania State University
Location
Old Main Building (University Park Campus), UNIVERSITY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA, 16802
NAICS
611310
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was painting from a baker's scaffold 55 inches above the floor. The employee fell off the scaffold decking onto the floor and was hospitalized for fractured ribs, a fractured thumb, and a brain bleed.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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