Incident date: 2020-09-08
NAICS industry code: 115310

An employee was trying to attach a hose to a fire hydrant to fill up a brush truck water tank. The force of the water through the hose knocked the employee off balance. He fell off the brush truck, landing about 6-7 feet below and suffering a broken left elbow.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Elbow(s)
severity: moderate