# Fractures at Yale New Haven Hospital
> OSHA SIR `20231110794` · 11/23/2023 · NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Food products, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Yale New Haven Hospital
- **Location:** 1450 Chapel Street, NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, 06540
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking through the break room to her work station when she slipped on mashed potatoes on the break room floor. She fell to the floor and landed on her right shoulder, resulting in a fractured humerus. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

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