# Concussions at Carnegie Mellon University
> OSHA SIR `2021097535` · 9/1/2021 · PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Carnegie Mellon University
- **Location:** 5000 Forbes Avenue, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, 15213
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was disassembling a manhole cover lifter to be loaded into a work van. As the employee was removing the magnetic attachment and bent over to pick it up, the long handle fell down, hitting the employee on the head. The employee suffered a concussion.

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