Incident date: 2021-06-08
NAICS industry code: 811310

An employee was hooking up a fitting to a fire hydrant. Pressurized water from the hydrant knocked the employee to the ground. He suffered a dislocated right arm and a broken right leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Pressurized water-blast
code_nature: title: Fractures and dislocations
code_body: title: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate