# Concussions at Mim Installations, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018065710` · 6/11/2018 · WILKES BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Existing roof openings, other than skylights
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Mim Installations, Inc.
- **Location:** 600 New Commerce Blvd., WILKES BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA, 18706
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing decking on a mezzanine level. The employee stepped backwards and fell 18 feet through an undecked portion of the mezzanine to the concrete floor below resulting in hospitalization for a concussion. Fall protection was not secured at the time of the incident.

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