# Concussions at Ferguson
> OSHA SIR `2024042929` · 4/3/2024 · COLUMBUS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pipes and tubes  plastic, PVC, rubber
- **Secondary source:** Bundles, bales
## Employer
- **Name:** Ferguson
- **Location:** 3845 Groveport Road, COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43207
- **NAICS:** 423720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting the banding off the end of a bundle of PVC pipe when a piece of the pipe fell, bounced, and struck them in the face. They sustained a broken nose and a concussion and were hospitalized.

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