Incident date: 2019-10-17
NAICS industry code: 722511

An employee was carrying a tray to the kitchen and something was blocking the kitchen door. The employee tried to push the door open. The door came back and hit the tray, which struck the employee in the throat area. The employee suffered blunt neck trauma and respiratory failure.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
code_source: title: Doors, except garage and vehicle
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate