Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Big Y Foods, Inc., 7 East Hampton Road, MARLBOROUGH, CONNECTICUT 06447
on — Fractures , affecting the Arm(s) unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee slipped on ice in the parking lot while walking into work and fell, resulting in a compound fracture to their right arm.
Hospitalized Arm(s) unspecified Other constructed surface
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