Incident date: 2025-08-27
NAICS industry code: 621492

An employee was lifting a patient from a wheelchair (assisting patient to a standing position) and sustained overexertion injuries to her back. The injuries affected multiple lower extremities and the employee sustained bulging discs at L3-L5. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Overexertion while providing medical or custodial care
code_source: title: Patient
code_nature: title: Disc disorders, herniated disc
code_body: title: Back  lumbar region
severity: moderate