Incident date: 2020-04-06
NAICS industry code: 624120

An employee had been packing up some belongings. The employee started picking up papers from the floor while sitting in an office chair. The employee lost their balance and fell to the floor. After being helped back up, the employee proceeded to their car, but fell in the parking lot. The employee sustained a hematoma on the back of the head and may have a broken bone in their neck.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall while sitting
code_source: title: Chairs
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate