Incident date: 2024-10-09
NAICS industry code: 622110

A social worker was speaking to a patient. The patient stood up, punched her in the face, pushed her down and against a cart, and then punched her three more times. The social worker sustained a head laceration, an intracranial hemorrhage, and a fractured spine. She 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: Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate