# Concussions at Afton Chemical Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2024098815` · 9/20/2024 · SAUGET, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Walls
## Employer
- **Name:** Afton Chemical Corporation
- **Location:** 501 Monsanto Avenue, SAUGET, ILLINOIS, 62206
- **NAICS:** 325110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a brine belt on a unit when they tripped over a 9-inch wall, fell backward approximately 14 inches to a lower level, and landed on their back. The employee sustained a concussion.

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