Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages

Name: Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages at GCA EDUCATION SERVICES CENTRAL STATES, INC.
Start: 4/30/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016043632 · 4/30/2016 · GCA EDUCATION SERVICES CENTRAL STATES, INC.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Brain
Nature of injury: Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages

Cause

Event: Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Lamp posts, street lights
Secondary source: Drums, pulleys, sheaves

Employer

Name: GCA EDUCATION SERVICES CENTRAL STATES, INC.
Location: 9800 Lawler Av.e, SKOKIE, ILLINOIS, 60077
NAICS: 561720
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance to a street light in a parking lot. The employee was cranking down on a come-along with a steel cable. The connector between the cable and the lamp broke causing the lamp to swing and strike the employee in the head. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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