# Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages at Cooper/Ports America, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023087379` · 8/13/2023 · LA PORTE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on water vehicle
- **Source:** Water vehicle, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Cooper/Ports America, LLC
- **Location:** Port of Houston - Barbour's Cut Terminal, LA PORTE, TEXAS, 77571
- **NAICS:** 488320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing a vessel's containers for discharge. He was descending the access ladder when he fell. After walking about 25 feet, he fell a second time on the weather deck. He sustained a contusion to the left shoulder and left leg. He also suffered from a headache due to internal bleeding in the brain.

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