Incident date: 2025-07-24
NAICS industry code: 562991

An employee was using a pressure washer to rinse down a manhole on a sanitary sewer. When they released the pressurized hose, the employee was struck in the face and neck, resulting in lacerations to their face under the left eye and their neck.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by propelled, falling, or suspended object  unspecified
code_source: title: Source, secondary source  unspecified
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Head and neck
severity: moderate