Incident date: 2022-01-22
NAICS industry code: 622110

An employee was pushing a thermometer cart to a patient's room. The cart's wheel caught on something, and integrated brakes on the wheels caused the cart to stop quickly. The employee tripped over the cart wheel and fell, suffering a broken right hip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
code_source: title: Floor, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hip(s)
severity: moderate