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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

VALHALLA, NEW YORK—

Westchester Medical Center

Fall on same level due to tripping over self · Fractures

At a glance

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Westchester Medical Center, 100 Woods Rd, VALHALLA, NEW YORK 10595 on — Fractures, affecting the forearm(s).

Final narrative

An employee was walking to the main hospital when she tripped and fell on the floor, hitting her head and right elbow. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured right elbow.

Hospitalized Forearm(s) Floor, n.e.c.

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