Incident date: 2023-07-25
NAICS industry code: 622110

An employee was talking with a patient in the day area when they were attacked from behind by another patient. The employee was punched in the jaw and then lifted and slammed onto the floor. The employee sustained a fractured mandible and a laceration to the occipital region that required staples.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving
code_source: title: Patient
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple head locations
severity: moderate