Incident date: 2022-06-08
NAICS industry code: 622110

An employee was walking with a patient when the patient tripped on a wheelchair scale. The employee tried to catch the patient and sustained a neck injury. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Overexertion in catching-single episode
code_source: title: Bodily conditions of injured, ill worker
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate