# Concussions at Specialty Coating Applicators, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023065686` · 6/26/2023 · HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Specialty Coating Applicators, LLC
- **Location:** DOD Road, Building 4665, HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA, 35808
- **NAICS:** 238320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been spot sanding steel at the ground level of a test stand structure. The employee tripped over a curb or a piece of pipe that was sticking out of the structure. He fell and struck his head on structural steel and became unconscious. The employee sustained a concussion and a 2-inch laceration to the side of the head above the ear. The employee also had a seizure.

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