Incident date: 2024-05-24
NAICS industry code: 213111

An employee had just finished unloading water from the vacuum truck into the tank and was preparing to leave. He was disconnecting a hose when pressure in the line caused the hose to fling him to the side. He fell and sustained a broken hip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  irregular movement, kick back
code_source: title: Trucks with other mounted machinery, equipment  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hip joint(s)
severity: moderate