Incident date: 2015-07-12
NAICS industry code: 621910

On July 9, 2015, an employee was providing paramedic services at the home of a patient. While attempting to lift the patient from the floor of a chicken coop, he slipped and fell on his posterior. He got up and continued working. Later, he reported increasing pain and bruising from his fall to his employer. He went to the emergency room and was admitted to the hospital for vitamin K therapy to control muscular bleeding.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level due to slipping
code_source: title: Floor, unspecified
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, etc., n.e.c.
code_body: title: Buttock(s)
severity: moderate