Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Mount Sinai Hospital, 1 Gustave L. Levy Place, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10029
on — Fractures, affecting the shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e).
Final narrative
An employee was exiting an elevator when she slipped on a puddle of water and fell to the floor, fracturing her right shoulder. She was hospitalized and had surgery.
HospitalizedShoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)Floor, n.e.c.
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