# Concussions at Jewell Care Center Denver
> OSHA SIR `20190910061` · 9/25/2019 · DENVER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Window coverings, blinds, shades, draperies
## Employer
- **Name:** Jewell Care Center Denver
- **Location:** 4450 E Jewell Ave, DENVER, COLORADO, 80222
- **NAICS:** 623110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was closing a window blind in a nursing resident's room. The blind pulled out of the snaps and separated from the holder, falling and hitting the employee in the head. The employee suffered a concussion and a laceration to the right eye, requiring stitches.

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