# Intracranial injuries  unspecified at Verizon
> OSHA SIR `2024087556` · 8/16/2024 · UNION BEACH, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Intracranial injuries  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  unspecified
- **Source:** Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Utility poles
## Employer
- **Name:** Verizon
- **Location:** Street, UNION BEACH, NEW JERSEY, 07735
- **NAICS:** 517312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working from an extension ladder that was resting on a telecommunications line running between two wooden poles. One of the poles broke, causing the line to drop. The employee fell with the ladder, landing on the asphalt pavement and was hospitalized for a head injury.

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