# Concussions at ZF Chassis Systems Tuscaloosa, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025088538` · 8/27/2025 · TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Elevators, hoists, lifts  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** ZF Chassis Systems Tuscaloosa, LLC
- **Location:** 1200 Commerce Drive, TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA, 35401
- **NAICS:** 336350
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been utilizing a lift assist for assembly. When assembly was complete, the lift assist was hung on a rack behind the employee and it became energized because the trigger got caught. When the employee reached for the lift assist, it sprung up, striking their face. The employee was hospitalized with a facial fracture(s) and a concussion.

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