Incident date: 2024-12-09
NAICS industry code: 524210

An employee was walking in a conference room when the heel of their shoe caught on the carpet flooring, causing them to fall. The employee's head struck a conference table and they suffered central cord syndrome/protrusion of cervical intervertebral disc. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level due to slip or trip
code_source: title: Other constructed surface
code_nature: title: Spinal cord injuries, paralysis  n.e.c.
code_body: title: Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck
severity: moderate