Incident date: 2018-07-14
NAICS industry code: 623311

Two employees were lowering a patient into a chair using a lift. The lift tipped and hit an employee on the shoulder and the top of the head. The employee underwent surgery for a brain bleed.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Patient hoists, lifting harnesses
code_nature: title: Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate