# Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries at Alfred Benesch and Company
> OSHA SIR `2024043361` · 4/17/2024 · OMAHA, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple regions of the head
- **Nature of injury:** Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Drilling machines, drill apparatus
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** Alfred Benesch and Company
- **Location:** 4349 S 90th St, OMAHA, NEBRASKA, 68127
- **NAICS:** 541310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a pedestal-mounted core drill to obtain core samples. The employee had reached the bottom of the concrete pavement while operating the drill and the drill bit stopped spinning. After reengaging the drilling process, the injured employee raised the drill bit halfway out of the concrete pavement and fell off the pedestal plate, hitting his head on the concrete pavement. The employee sustained a head injury including loss of consciousness, bleeding, bruising, and facial fractures.

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