# Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages at Cooper T. Smith
> OSHA SIR `2015063664` · 6/14/2015 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Piers, wharfs
- **Secondary source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Cooper T. Smith
- **Location:** City Dock 8, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77029
- **NAICS:** 488320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was disconnecting a set of spreader bars from a crane while working on the dock.  During the process, an extension bar gained momentum and struck the employee, knocking the employee to the ground. The employee suffered a head injury and was hospitalized for testing, with results of intracranial bleeding.

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