Incident date: 2019-09-25
NAICS industry code: 623110

An employee was closing a window blind in a nursing resident's room. The blind pulled out of the snaps and separated from the holder, falling and hitting the employee in the head. The employee suffered a concussion and a laceration to the right eye, requiring stitches.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Window coverings, blinds, shades, draperies
code_nature: title: Concussions
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate