# Concussions at U.S. Department of Homeland Security
> OSHA SIR `2025054522` · 5/13/2025 · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Computers  Desktop, towers, servers
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- **Location:** 935 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20535
- **NAICS:** 928120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While stepping backward from a filing cabinet, an employee tripped on computers stacked in a walkway. The employee fell about 5 to 6 feet back, their head and neck striking a desk and chair. The employee suffered pain and swelling in the neck, a hematoma on the head, and a concussion.

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