Incident date: 2020-05-12
NAICS industry code: 324121

An employee was holding/monitoring the purging "pigging" of a concrete pumping hose after testing. The hose began flailing and struck the employee in the face, causing face, jaw, cheek, and nose injuries/lacerations. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Hoses
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Multiple face locations
severity: moderate