NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT·2023-11-23

Yale New Haven Hospital

Fall on same level due to slipping · Fractures

At a glance

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Yale New Haven Hospital, 1450 Chapel Street, NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT 06540 on 2023-11-23, Fractures, affecting the upper arm(s).

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Final narrative

An employee was walking through the break room to her work station when she slipped on mashed potatoes on the break room floor. She fell to the floor and landed on her right shoulder, resulting in a fractured humerus. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Hospitalized Upper arm(s) Floor, n.e.c.

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