Incident date: 2017-04-20
NAICS industry code: 325510

An employee was cleaning a sewer drain with a high-pressure hose. The hose had to make a 90 degree turn at the bottom of the manhole. Instead of making that turn, the hose circled back around and came out of the manhole, striking the employee on the left arm and causing three lacerations.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Hoses
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate