Incident date: 2021-06-21
NAICS industry code: 622110

An employee was standing while providing care to a patient in the back of a moving ambulance. The ambulance made a turn and the employee fell onto wooden cabinets mounted on the wall of the ambulance. The employee suffered back trauma that resulted in hemothorax, that required medical treatment.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Roadway noncollision incident, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Ambulance, police, and other emergency passenger vehicle
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate