Incident date: 2022-11-01
NAICS industry code: 623110

An employee was preparing a patient lift sling to help a resident into the shower. The strap of the sling was on the ground and the employee's foot became tangled in the strap, resulting in a fall against the patient lift. The employee sustained bilateral leg fractures.

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: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate