Incident date: 2020-08-05
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was handling a pressurized water hose to clean a large culvert pipe when the hose slipped from his hands and began to flail around, striking the employee approximately four times. The employee was hospitalized with an abdominal injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Hoses
code_nature: title: Other traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate