# Concussions at C&W Services
> OSHA SIR `2018021249` · 2/6/2018 · PORTLAND, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** C&W Services
- **Location:** 2211 Congress Street, PORTLAND, MAINE, 04122
- **NAICS:** 561720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a lighting issue while standing on a step ladder. As he climbed down the ladder, he missed the last rung and fell to the pavement, hitting his head and suffering a concussion that required hospitalization.

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