# Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages at Illini Power Products / Gen Power
> OSHA SIR `2022086894` · 8/5/2022 · FAIRBURY, ILLINOIS
## 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:** Pickup truck
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Illini Power Products / Gen Power
- **Location:** Side of Road, FAIRBURY, ILLINOIS, 61739
- **NAICS:** 423610
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 5, 2022, an employee was driving a pickup truck carrying generator batteries. After braking, the load in the back of the truck shifted and the driver pulled over on the side of the road to reposition the load. A slat broke as he pulled on a pallet and he fell from the back of the truck. His head struck the pavement and he sustained a skull fracture, a thoracic vertebra fracture, and brain hemorrhaging.

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