Incident date: 2017-06-03
NAICS industry code: 623110

An employee was helping a coworker roll a patient to the side to insert a harness for a lift. The employee grabbed the side rail, pushed backward, lost balance, and then felt pain in the back down to the lower left extremities. The employee was hospitalized overnight for a back sprain/strain.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other exertions or bodily reactions, unspecified
code_source: title: Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
code_nature: title: Sprains, strains, tears, unspecified
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate