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Wednesday, October 14, 2009 -
While doing yearly hose testing, we where testing hose from ladder 1, a quint. We had laid out 4 or 5 lengths of 3" and 2 1/2. The truck backed up again to lay 300' of 5", someone had connected the 5" to the discharge of the engine used for testing. The truck had almost 200' out of the bed; I stepped over the 5" to do something on the other side. The 2nd coupling got stuck in the truck and pulled the 5" taught. I must have had 1 foot on the 5" when it happened. It lifted me in the air and tossed me backwards, landing on my head, right elbow and right shoulder. I was knocked Unconscious and shipped to the trauma center by ALS.I had a Concussion and some damage to my right shoulder. Accident happened 9/18 and I am still out on workman’s comp.
LESSONS LEARNED:
Stay clear of ALL hoselines that are being laid.
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