# Concussions at Empire Packing Company, LP
> OSHA SIR `2024098987` · 9/25/2024 · MASON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Collision with stationary object, nonroadway
- **Source:** Pallet jack riding
- **Secondary source:** Shelves, shelving, racks
## Employer
- **Name:** Empire Packing Company, LP
- **Location:** 4780 Alliance Dr., MASON, OHIO, 45040
- **NAICS:** 424470
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was staging pallets using a riding pallet jack when he backed into a racking stop, fell off the pallet jack, and landed on the concrete floor. The employee sustained a head laceration and a concussion.

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