# Concussions at Verizon
> OSHA SIR `2015085800` · 8/14/2015 · MILLBURN, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Verizon
- **Location:** 237 Millburn Avenue, MILLBURN, NEW JERSEY, 07041
- **NAICS:** 517210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was fishing coax wiring through a drop ceiling from a 4-foot, A-frame step ladder. The employee fell from the ladder and struck his head, causing a laceration to the back of his head, bleeding on the brain, and a concussion. He required staples to close the laceration.

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