Incident date: 2023-10-22
NAICS industry code: 622110

An employee was assisting a patient with a labor and delivery technique that requires both the patient and employee to hold onto separate ends of a sheet or towel. The patient lost hold of the sheet, causing the employee to fall backward to the floor, resulting in a displaced tailbone and two vertebral fractures.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Floor, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures and dislocations
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate