# Concussions at PENN LINE CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2019087855` · 8/1/2019 · BRINKHAVEN, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Limbs, branches-unattached
- **Secondary source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** PENN LINE CORPORATION
- **Location:** 18299 Dodd Rd, BRINKHAVEN, OHIO, 43006
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

After cutting a dead tree, an employee was pulling it down with a rope. As the tree came down it struck another tree, which caused a branch from that tree to break and strike the employee in the head. He suffered a concussion and a possible broken bone in his upper back.

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