# Concussions at Shipmans Fire Equipment Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015129573` · 12/17/2015 · WATERFORD, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Shipmans Fire Equipment Co., Inc.
- **Location:** 172 Cross Road, WATERFORD, CONNECTICUT, 06385
- **NAICS:** 811111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee climbed up onto a storage rack to retrieve an item and fell approximately eight feet to the ground below. The employee was hospitalized with a concussion.

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