# Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages without skull fracture at ComEd
> OSHA SIR `2024021430` · 2/14/2024 · CRETE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages without skull fracture
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Utility poles
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** ComEd
- **Location:** 23810 S. Ashland Ave., CRETE, ILLINOIS, 60417
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a service line from a transformer pole to a residence's pole. He was working from a ladder secured to the pole. When the wire was cut, the release of tension caused the pole to split at ground level. The employee was strapped to the pole and fell approximately 20-25 feet to the ground. The employee suffered a brain bleed, concussion, and fractures to an orbital bone and wrist.

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