# Intracranial injuries, unspecified at Macro Companies, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2017076119` · 7/3/2017 · LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Intracranial injuries, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet
- **Source:** Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Macro Companies, Inc
- **Location:** 3939 W. Congress Street, LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA, 70503
- **NAICS:** 238290
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a winch boom crane bucket truck. The employee was in the bucket using the winch to remove a manhole cover that was stuck. The manhole cover released and the bucket truck bucked, throwing the employee out of the bucket. The employee fell 25 feet to the concrete pad and suffered head trauma. A harness was not worn at the time of the incident.

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