Incident date: 2025-07-30
NAICS industry code: 622110

An employee was on the phone with his supervisor when a patient walked up and punched him. The employee was knocked to the floor and the patient kicked him multiple times causing injuries to his head, left cheek, left eye, mouth, and right hand. The employee sustained a traumatic brain injury/concussion and a left periorbital edema.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Hitting, kicking, beating by other person while providing medical or custodial care
code_source: title: Patient
code_nature: title: Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages without skull fracture
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate