# Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries at Manhattan Road & Bridge
> OSHA SIR `2024109965` · 10/26/2024 · CALHOUN CITY, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, neck, trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway noncollision  fall or jump from moving vehicle
- **Source:** Hoists, lifts  scissor, telescoping
- **Secondary source:** Vehicle trailers, trailing units
## Employer
- **Name:** Manhattan Road & Bridge
- **Location:** MS-9 near Yalobusha River, CALHOUN CITY, MISSISSIPPI, 38916
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading an aerial lift onto a trailer. The trailer jarred and the employee fell approximately 15 feet from the aerial lift basket to the ground, resulting in fractures to their ribs and neck, a brain bleed, and a punctured lung.

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