# Concussions at U.S. DEPT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
> OSHA SIR `2017043266` · 4/11/2017 · TAMPA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Saw blades-unattached
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. DEPT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
- **Location:** 13000 BRUCE B. DOWNS BLVD., TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33618
- **NAICS:** 923140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing tools from a storage shelf when several saw blades fell from a shelf above and struck the employee's head. The employee fell striking his head on the ground. The employee was hospitalized for a concussion.

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