# Concussions at SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2017054814` · 5/30/2017 · STRATFORD, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Helicopter
## Employer
- **Name:** SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
- **Location:** 6900 MAIN STREET, STRATFORD, CONNECTICUT, 06614
- **NAICS:** 336411
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on a fairing step of a Blackhawk helicopter installing an armored wing. The employee slipped and fell 21.5 inches to the concrete hangar floor resulting in a concussion.

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