Incident date: 2023-05-30
NAICS industry code: 622110

The employee had clocked out for the day and was leaving the facility. As the employee was going down an exit ramp to the parking lot, their wheelchair struck a bump and the foot plate became jammed. The employee was ejected from the wheelchair onto the concrete/pavement and sustained a hip fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall while sitting
code_source: title: Wheelchairs and other mobility devices, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hip(s)
severity: moderate