Incident date: 2018-05-16
NAICS industry code: 621511

A patient got up from a wheelchair to be weighed on a scale as an employee stood nearby to record the weight. The patient's knee buckled and the patient began to fall, so the employee performed an assisted fall and helped the patient to the ground. In the process, the employee suffered a back strain and pain, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Overexertion in catching-single episode
code_source: title: Patient
code_nature: title: Strains
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate