# Fractures at Yale New Haven Hospital
> OSHA SIR `20171211876` · 12/14/2017 · NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Water
## Employer
- **Name:** Yale New Haven Hospital
- **Location:** 20 York Street, NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, 06510
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee slipped on a wet area of the floor, suffering compression fractures to her L1 and L2 vertebrae and a twisting/torsion injury.

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