Incident date: 2024-04-15
NAICS industry code: 337110

An employee knelt to look at a machine. They stood up and felt a pop in their right knee. Later in the day, the employee experienced swelling in their knee, resulting in hospitalization for a ruptured bursa.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Kneeling, crawling
code_source: title: Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
code_nature: title: Soft tissue injuries  n.e.c.
code_body: title: Knee(s)
severity: moderate