Incident date: 2023-08-28
NAICS industry code: 623110

An employee was using a gait belt to help transfer a resident back into a wheelchair. The employee heard a pop and felt pain in her lower back, resulting in hospitalization for a soft-tissue injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Overexertion in lifting-single episode
code_source: title: Patient
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, etc., unspecified
code_body: title: Lumbar region
severity: moderate