Incident date: 2021-12-05
NAICS industry code: 623110

An employee was assisting the medical team with a combative patient when the patient attacked the employee. The employee fell to the floor, hitting his head on a cabinet and the floor. The patient then tried to strangle the employee, and he lost consciousness for approximately 30 minutes. The employee sustained a concussion, traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage, traumatic pneumocephalus, and traumatic subdural hematoma.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Multiple violent acts by other person
code_source: title: Patient
code_nature: title: Multiple intracranial injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate