Incident date: 2022-10-21
NAICS industry code: 623110

An employee was helping load a patient into a van. The patient's powered wheelchair lost power, rolled backward down the ramp, and pinned the employee, who suffered several broken ribs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
code_source: title: Wheelchairs-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate