Incident date: 2023-07-19
NAICS industry code: 622110

An emergency medical technician (EMT) was transporting a patient in the back of an ambulance when the patient stabbed the EMT. The employee sustained multiple stab wounds, resulting in hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing
code_source: title: Patient
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate