Incident date: 2020-11-03
NAICS industry code: 622110

On November 3, 2020, an employee was performing a mammogram on a patient. The patient went limp and passed out while clamped in the mammogram machine. When compression of the machine was released, the employee helped guide the patient's fall to the ground. The employee landed on the floor with the patient on top of them and suffered a fractured left ankle and tibia.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injury by other person-unintentional or intent unknown, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Patient
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s) and leg(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate