Powered tools are amazing things. While they are invaluable on the job, many can be lethal if misused. That is certainly true of a cleaning nozzle attached to a high-pressure hose on a combination cleaning truck.
An incident in Iowa illustrates the point. Although this happened several years ago, the lessons it teaches are timeless. A 29-year-old public works employee died when he was struck by a nozzle on a high-pressure water hose he was using to clean a sewer. The accident happened because the employee, although experienced, failed to follow proper procedures at the end of a jetting run in
