Incident date: 2024-05-31
NAICS industry code: 238910

An employee was filling concrete forms. They were lowering the concrete pump hose into the forming when an air bubble caused the hose to kick back and strike the employee's back causing a fractured L5 vertebra. The employee then landed on formwork and lost two teeth. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  irregular movement, kick back
code_source: title: Pumps  except oil well
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back  lumbar region
severity: moderate