# Bruises, contusions at Kohl's Department Store
> OSHA SIR `2020032036` · 3/2/2020 · WILKES BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Scalp
- **Nature of injury:** Bruises, contusions
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Kohl's Department Store
- **Location:** 445 Wilkes-Barre Twp. Blvd., WILKES BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA, 18702
- **NAICS:** 452111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on break in the break room. The employee put her foot up onto a chair, to tie her shoe, while she was standing. When the employee lifted her head back up, from tying her shoe, she passed-out, fell backward, and hit her head. The employee sustained a hematoma on the back of her head and was hospitalized.

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