# Concussions at Connell Resources, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021010616` · 1/22/2021 · LOVELAND, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Bucket, front-end, end, and pay loaders
## Employer
- **Name:** Connell Resources, Inc.
- **Location:** 21st St SW & Crystal Ct., LOVELAND, COLORADO, 80537
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was watching a front-end loader scrape frozen aggregate from a sidewalk. After the front-end loader had made a pass, the employee moved towards the sidewalk to begin melting frozen aggregate with a torch. The front-end loader began to make another pass of the sidewalk, causing the loader bucket to swing and strike the employee. The employee was hospitalized with a concussion and a strained neck.

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