Incident date: 2021-12-29
NAICS industry code: 423210

A compressed air hose in the back of a yard truck was connected to a trailer. As an employee pulled the yard truck away from the trailer, the quick disconnect in the hose failed. The pressurized hose hit an employee's leg, lacerating it and tearing the calf muscle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway incident involving motorized land vehicle, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate