# Concussions at THERMAL ENGINEERING INTERNATIONAL USA, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017053944` · 5/1/2017 · JOPLIN, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Presses, except printing, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** THERMAL ENGINEERING INTERNATIONAL USA, INC.
- **Location:** 2702 WEST 9TH STREET, JOPLIN, MISSOURI, 64801
- **NAICS:** 332313
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a portable press to square a metal frame for a gasket application when the hydraulic hose became bound during expansion. The buildup caused a hydraulic rupture that dislodged the press from its mooring. The press struck the employee and knocked him from his ladder. He struck his head when he landed, causing a concussion and scalp laceration that required hospitalization.

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