Incident date: 2017-11-12
NAICS industry code: 622110

On November 12, 2017, an employee was caring for a patient at bedside when the employee stepped back and tripped on a piece of medical equipment's power cord. The employee fell, landing on the hip/lower back and suffering a lumbar compression fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
code_source: title: Floor, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lumbar region
severity: moderate