# Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions at Parts Authority
> OSHA SIR `20191010433` · 10/5/2019 · COLUMBUS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Structures, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Parts Authority
- **Location:** 1514 Box Road, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, 31907
- **NAICS:** 441310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was picking parts for an order when he fell about 8 feet off the end of a mezzanine onto an empty wooden pallet on the floor below. He was hospitalized for a severe concussion, a fractured rib and multiple lacerations.

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