# Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions at Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc,
> OSHA SIR `2016021213` · 2/8/2016 · ECRU, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and neck
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Furniture, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc,
- **Location:** 447 Highway 346, ECRU, MISSISSIPPI, 38841
- **NAICS:** 337121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While removing furniture, an employee was struck by the furniture and fell backward into a metal rack, causing a neck fracture, cerebral concussion, and scalp laceration.

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