# Concussions at Publix Supermarkets, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017099078` · 9/21/2017 · GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Heating and cooking machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Publix Supermarkets, Inc.
- **Location:** 879 Dawsonville Highway, GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA, 30501
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting food into a hot deli case when the case's glass door fell and hit her head. She suffered a concussion and neck strain, requiring hospitalization. The door was not locked in the open position at the time.

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