# Fractures at Sodexo
> OSHA SIR `2023021394` · 2/13/2023 · EAST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Meat, poultry, seafood
## Employer
- **Name:** Sodexo
- **Location:** 67 Hudson Street, EAST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, 06512
- **NAICS:** 722310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a food tray from the oven when a meatball fell onto the ground. As the employee reached to pick it up, she slipped on the meatball and struck her hand on the counter and head on the floor. The employee was hospitalized for a hand fracture and syncope.

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