# Concussions at DIVERSIFIED AUTO INC.
> OSHA SIR `20190910206` · 9/30/2019 · CHARLESTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Trailers
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** DIVERSIFIED AUTO INC.
- **Location:** 100 TERMINAL STREET, CHARLESTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS, 02129
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee stepped up onto the right side of a trailer's tire bar, which is 24.5 inches high, to set a deck pin. When the employee stepped back down, his left ankle twisted on the asphalt, causing him to fall on his back and strike the back of his head on the asphalt. He suffered a concussion, a laceration to the back of his head, and a sprained left ankle.

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