# Concussions at VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
> OSHA SIR `2023064953` · 6/5/2023 · PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Blackboards, bulletin boards, mirrors-wall-mounted
- **Secondary source:** Walls
## Employer
- **Name:** VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
- **Location:** University Drive C, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, 15240
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sitting in their chair when a large cork board fell off the wall and struck her head and left arm. The employee sustained a concussion.

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