# Concussions at Independence Contract Drilling, Rig #202
> OSHA SIR `2019054808` · 5/11/2019 · KERMIT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Independence Contract Drilling, Rig #202
- **Location:** Ludeman 2512B, 2H, Winkler County, 25 Miles W. of Kermit, KERMIT, TEXAS, 79745
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was power washing the top shed of the shakers approximately 8 feet above the lower level. As he was transferring to the ladder to leave the shed top, he fell and struck his head on the tank's metal grating. The employee suffered a torn muscle in the neck and a concussion.

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