# Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions at Thyssenkrupp Elevator Company
> OSHA SIR `2016098975` · 9/22/2016 · COLUMBUS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and neck
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Concrete blocks, cinder blocks
## Employer
- **Name:** Thyssenkrupp Elevator Company
- **Location:** 50 West Broad Street, COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43215
- **NAICS:** 333921
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On or about on September 22, 2016, an employee was installing compensation rope to elevator counter weights when a cinderblock brick fell down the 180' elevator hoist way and hit the employee in the head. The employee suffered a broken neck, concussion, and lacerations.

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