Fractures

Name: Fractures at Yale New Haven Hospital, Inc.
Start: 9/22/2023

1 hospitalization · 2023098772 · 9/22/2023 · Yale New Haven Hospital, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
Source: Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, unspecified
Secondary source: Elevators

Employer

Name: Yale New Haven Hospital, Inc.
Location: 20 York Street, NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, 06519
NAICS: 622110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was backing up a powered industrial truck (PIT) when it collided with an elevator door. The collision caused the elevator doors to open, and the employee and PIT fell to the bottomo of the elevator shaft 6 to 7.5 feet below. The employee sustained fractures to the right leg, lumbar vertebra, and head injuries.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown