Incident date: 2025-07-31
NAICS industry code: 624110

An employee was sitting with a client in a dental exam room. When she stood up at the end of the appointment, her foot got caught on a cord that operates the dental hand pieces, causing her to trip and fall to the floor on her right side. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured femur and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level due to slip or trip
code_source: title: Other constructed surface
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate