# Concussions at ShopRite Supermarkets, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016043386` · 4/22/2016 · SPOTSWOOD, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** ShopRite Supermarkets, Inc.
- **Location:** 380 Summerhill Road, SPOTSWOOD, NEW JERSEY, 08884
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee retrieving refrigerated meat from the cooler tripped on a box/pallet corner and fell to the concrete floor, suffering a concussion and back pain and requiring hospitalization.

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