# Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries at E.T. Simonds Construction Company
> OSHA SIR `2025087748` · 8/6/2025 · THEBES, ILLINOIS
## 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:** Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in road work zone
- **Source:** Other semi, tractor-trailer
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** E.T. Simonds Construction Company
- **Location:** Route 3 near Thebes IL, 37.1931045, -89.4118529, THEBES, ILLINOIS, 62990
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A crew was burning temporary tape during highway construction when a tractor trailer drove into the work crew, injuring three employees. One employee jumped from the roadway into a ditch, resulting in hospitalization with multiple fractures that include the right shoulder, pelvis, leg, ankle, and three vertebrae, as well as road rash, severe facial damage, a brain bleed, multiple cuts and bruises, and shock.

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