# Concussions at Northwest General Contractors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181111908` · 11/19/2018 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
- **Secondary source:** Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
## Employer
- **Name:** Northwest General Contractors, Inc.
- **Location:** 10000 W. O'Hare, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60666
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was guiding a trench box into place in a trench when he lost his balance and fell approximately 9 feet into the box, striking his head. He suffered a cut on his head and a concussion.

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