# Concussions at Dells Material Company
> OSHA SIR `2024109355` · 10/7/2024 · DELL RAPIDS, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** High winds, gusts, turbulence
## Employer
- **Name:** Dells Material Company
- **Location:** 1111 East 7th Street, DELL RAPIDS, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57022
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was holding a piece of sheet metal while standing on the second rung from the bottom of a ladder. A gust of wind caused the employee to fall from the ladder to the ground, striking his head. The employee sustained a head injury, lost consciousness, and was hospitalized.

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