# Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries at KLE Construction Company
> OSHA SIR `2024065240` · 6/13/2024 · AKRON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Fall protection equipment
## Employer
- **Name:** KLE Construction Company
- **Location:** 415 E North St, AKRON, OHIO, 44304
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on reinforcing steel rebar while wearing a full body harness with a retractable hook. The bar that the employee was hooked to bent and the fall protection slid off, causing the employee to fall 12-15 feet to the ground. The employee suffered a fractured skull, damaged ear canal, broken bones in the face, a broken collar bone, three brain bleeds, a collapsed lung, and broken ribs.

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