Incident date: 2023-01-25
NAICS industry code: 623110

An employee was using a rolling chair to reach a presentation easel on top of a cabinet in a conference room. The rolling chair slid on the linoleum floor, causing the employee to fall from the chair and land on her left side on a metal paper organizer. The employee was hospitalized with a lacerated spleen.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Chairs
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate