# Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages at Merit Electric Company, LTD
> OSHA SIR `2016031933` · 3/3/2016 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Merit Electric Company, LTD
- **Location:** 1001McKinney Street, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77002
- **NAICS:** 238390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee went to check wires on a pull box using a ladder. The employee contacted live wires, was shocked, and fell approximately 4 feet off the ladder. He landed on his back and hit his head on the ground, suffering bleeding on his brain.

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