# Concussions at Parsec, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021065250` · 6/28/2021 · ELWOOD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Train, locomotive, rail car, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Parsec, Inc.
- **Location:** 27236 International Port Road, ELWOOD, ILLINOIS, 60421
- **NAICS:** 482112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing down a ladder on a rail car. The employee's foot slipped on the bottom rung and he fell backward about 2 feet to the ground, hitting his head and suffering a concussion and a contusion to the back of the head.

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