# Concussions at Pelican Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021010060` · 1/4/2021 · SOUTH DEERFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Handrails, banisters
## Employer
- **Name:** Pelican Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 147 N Main St, SOUTH DEERFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, 01373
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 4, 2021, an employee was standing on a platform while pulling an object when they fell backward through railings 8.5 feet to the concrete floor below, resulting in hospitalization due to a concussion and lacerations to the head and leg.

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