Incident date: 2024-11-18
NAICS industry code: 622110

An employee was attacked by a patient. The patient knocked the employee to the ground, sat on top of her, pulled her hair and aggressively struck her head on the ground. The employee sustained pain and contusions in her ribs, neck, head, ankle, and an upper extremity. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Hitting, kicking, beating by other person while providing medical or custodial care
code_source: title: Patient
code_nature: title: Bruises, contusions
code_body: title: Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
severity: moderate