Incident date: 2023-10-20
NAICS industry code: 622110

An employee was pushing a patient in a wheelchair up a ramp when she felt a sudden pain in her middle and lower back, resulting in hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode
code_source: title: Wheelchairs-nonpowered
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Multiple back regions
severity: moderate