# Fractures at Sheffield Pharmaceuticals
> OSHA SIR `2015053267` · 5/29/2015 · NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Skull
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Stairs, steps-indoors
## Employer
- **Name:** Sheffield Pharmaceuticals
- **Location:** 170 Broad Street, NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT, 06320
- **NAICS:** 325412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attending training and started feeling queasy/lightheaded during the module on blood-borne pathogens. He left the room and sat in the northeast stairway.  A short time later, he fell down the stairs and was found unconscious on the landing below by a coworker. His coworker woke him up and asked if he was okay. The injured employee stated that he was okay, just tired. He was later hospitalized for a skull fracture and concussion.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*