Incident date: 2017-01-06
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was transferring water at high pressure through a hose. The hose failed and a jet of water knocked the employee through the air approximately 150 feet. When the employee landed on the ground he suffered a shoulder injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Pressurized water-blast
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
severity: moderate