Skull fracture and intracranial injury

Name: Skull fracture and intracranial injury at Sonoma Underground Services, Inc.
Start: 10/20/2018

1 hospitalization · 20181010837 · 10/20/2018 · Sonoma Underground Services, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Brain
Nature of injury: Skull fracture and intracranial injury

Cause

Event: Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified
Source: Sewers, manholes, storm drains
Secondary source: Nonclassifiable

Employer

Name: Sonoma Underground Services, Inc.
Location: O'Hare International Airport, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60666
NAICS: 238210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was rolling caution tape while walking backwards near a concrete manhole opening when he tripped and fell backwards into the open manhole, hitting his head on the concrete manhole rim. He suffered a skull fracture and bleeding in the brain.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown