Incident date: 2021-01-19
NAICS industry code: 611310

An employee was moving a cadaver on a gurney. The gurney collapsed and struck the employee's left leg, causing the employee to fall. The employee suffered a broken left leg, as well as head lacerations from the fall.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
code_source: title: Stretchers, backboards, wheeled cots, stair chairs
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate