# Concussions at Naval Station Norfolk
> OSHA SIR `2021054364` · 5/28/2021 · NORFOLK, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall while sitting
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Chairs
## Employer
- **Name:** Naval Station Norfolk
- **Location:** 1751 Morris Street, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, 23511
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was sitting in a rolling chair in the security office and bent over to pick up a piece of dropped paper. As she bent over, the chair rolled out from underneath her, causing her to fall and hit her head on her desk. She was hospitalized for a concussion.

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