HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT—
The Root Center for Advanced Recovery
Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at The Root Center for Advanced Recovery, 12-14 Weston Street, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06120 on — Fractures, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was retrieving items from a safe when the door of the safe came off its hinges and struck the employee, resulting in a fractured and lacerated arm.
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