Incident date: 2024-07-07
NAICS industry code: 621610

An employee was assisting a client in their home when the client lost their balance and fell into the employee. The employee fell backward and landed on their tailbone on the floor. The employee was hospitalized with three fractures to their tailbone.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with other person while providing medical or custodial care
code_source: title: Patient
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back  coccygeal region
severity: moderate