# Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages at Cooper/T. Smith Stevedoring Company Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015052483` · 5/1/2015 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening more than 30 feet
- **Source:** Existing floor opening
## Employer
- **Name:** Cooper/T. Smith Stevedoring Company Inc.
- **Location:** City Dock 20, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77029
- **NAICS:** 488320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A longshoreman was in Hold #2 preparing to discharge cargo.  The pontoon decking did not fully cover leaving an open hole from the lower tween deck of a ship into a lower hold area (approximately 32 feet).  The employee fell through the open area.  He admitted to the hospital with a head injury (swelling and bleeding), broken ribs, a shattered elbow and heel, fractured vertebrae and a fractured leg.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*