# Concussions at Sewell Motor Express
> OSHA SIR `2018043837` · 4/21/2018 · BATAVIA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Sewell Motor Express
- **Location:** 1985 James E. Saul Sr. Dr., BATAVIA, OHIO, 45103
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was at an assigned pickup location and was sweeping out a semi trailer with a broom prior to loading it when he fell out of the trailer. He struck his head on the concrete below and was knocked unconscious for a brief period. He suffered a laceration requiring staples, a concussion and hospitalization.

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