Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Hartford Healthcare, G Health, SOUTHINGTON, CONNECTICUT 06489
on — Fractures, affecting the elbow(s).
Final narrative
An employee was walking into work when she slipped and fell in the parking lot, striking and breaking her elbow on the ground. She was hospitalized.
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