# Concussions at Georgia Pacific Cedar Springs
> OSHA SIR `2024010594` · 1/19/2024 · CEDAR SPRINGS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway noncollision incident  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Skid-steer loaders, mini loaders
- **Secondary source:** Garbage, recyclables, debris  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Georgia Pacific Cedar Springs
- **Location:** 12551 Highway 272 West, CEDAR SPRINGS, GEORGIA, 39832
- **NAICS:** 322121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 18, 2024, an employee was operating a skid steer loader in the basement to remove process wastepaper. As the employee drove over a mound of wastepaper, the skid steer tilted backward abruptly, causing the employee to strike their head against something in the cab. The employee was hospitalized for a concussion.

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