Incident date: 2024-06-10
NAICS industry code: 623312

An occupational therapist and was assisting a patient to their room after a therapy session. She noticed another resident was standing out of his wheelchair and went to assist him back into his chair. The resident fell while she was assisting him, and his head struck her left leg below her knee causing a fracture to her left tibial bone. She was admitted to the hospital for surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with other person while providing medical or custodial care
code_source: title: Patient
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate