Incident date: 2024-07-28
NAICS industry code: 622110

An employee was assisting Emergency Medical Services (EMS) staff with moving a patient out of an ambulance. The patient transport bed flipped over and struck the employee's chest causing rib fractures on the right side.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object dropped by person
code_source: title: Medical beds, stretchers, cots
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Rib(s), oblique area
severity: moderate