# Concussions at Ruskin Company, INC
> OSHA SIR `2023088003` · 8/30/2023 · GENEVA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Ruskin Company, INC
- **Location:** 1300 Enterprise Road, GENEVA, ALABAMA, 36340
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving a pallet jack when the battery failed and the pallet jack abruptly stopped. The employee was thrown from the pallet jack to the concrete floor, sustaining a concussion and laceration. The employee was hospitalized.

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