# Concussions at The Home Depot
> OSHA SIR `2024032171` · 3/10/2024 · MERRIAM, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** The Home Depot
- **Location:** 5700 Antioch Road, MERRIAM, KANSAS, 66202
- **NAICS:** 452319
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking from the break room to the front of the store when they tripped over the corner of a pallet and fell resulting in a concussion and injury to the right side of the face.

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