# Concussions at Republic Services
> OSHA SIR `2024043705` · 4/29/2024 · BROOKSVILLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall, slip, trip  unspecified
- **Source:** Garbage trucks
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Republic Services
- **Location:** 12220 Timber Lane, BROOKSVILLE, FLORIDA, 34601
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee lost his footing while exiting his waste truck and fell backward, striking his head on the gravel ground. He sustained a concussion and was hospitalized.

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