Incident date: 2024-06-24
NAICS industry code: 622210

An employee was moving a combative patient to another room in the hospital. The patient kicked the door that the employee was closing and the employee's left index finger, middle finger, and thumb were caught in the door. The employee sustained open fractures and was admitted to the hospital for surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Hitting, kicking, beating by other person while providing medical or custodial care
code_source: title: Patient
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thumb(s) and finger(s)
severity: moderate