Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Yale Library Technical Services, 344 Winchester Avenue, NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT 06511
on — Fractures , affecting the Hip joint(s).
Final narrative
An employee was sitting down in a chair when it slipped out from under him. He fell to the floor and suffered a broken left hip.
Hospitalized Hip joint(s) Chairs, single-person seating
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