Incident date: 2024-11-26
NAICS industry code: 622110

An employee was walking with a patient when the patient kicked the employee in the head and they fell to the floor. The patient then kicked them in the chest, and the employee lost consciousness. The employee was hospitalized with a broken rib and a punctured lung.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Hitting, kicking, beating by other person while providing medical or custodial care
code_source: title: Patient
code_nature: title: Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
code_body: title: Multiple internal chest locations
severity: moderate