WOODBRIDGE, CONNECTICUT—
Charter Senior Living Woodbridge, LLC
Overexertion while providing medical or custodial care · Fractures
Final narrative
Two employees were helping to move a patient in bed when the injured employee heard a pop in her left shin and was unable to stand up. The employee was hospitalized for a broken shin.
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