Incident date: 2016-09-22
NAICS industry code: 562910

An employee was pressure washing pipes with a steam cleaner when the steam hose became disconnected from the cleaner and whipped around, striking the employee in the leg and fracturing the tibia and fibula. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Hoses
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate