Safety Alerts

SA011 September 30th, 2025

Vacuumation tanker crush incident near miss

A vacuumation operative suffered neck strain after he was struck by the tank door of a vacuumation tanker as it was being closed by a work colleague. The operative had 5 years’…

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Recent Safety Alerts

SA010 September 30th, 2025

Incompatible hose and fittings

High pressure water jetting hoses were found to have been fitted with end fittings that had incompatible pressure ratings.

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SA009 September 30th, 2025

High pressure water jetting injury

A water jetting operative had been cleaning cooling water tunnels with a high pressure water jetting pump and gun.

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SA007 August 5th, 2024

Vacuum tanker injury

An operator was shutting down his unit when he noticed a hissing noise. He investigated the source of the noise, going to the rear of the debris tank. Standing directly behind the…

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SA006 November 27th, 2023

HPWJ Equipment Fire

A drain cleaning operator returned a high pressure water jetting drain cleaning unit to the depot. Another worker saw smoke coming out of the rear door, then used a fire extinguisher to…

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SA005 August 2nd, 2023

Hand entrapment – hand injury

During non-destructive digging (NDD) operations, the vacuum truck operator identified a blockage in the suction line. The operator attempted to remove the blockage by striking the suction hose line with a rubber…

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SA003 July 7th, 2023

Micro jetting hose injury

On Saturday 20th May 2023 a jetting operative was struck by his micro jetting hose when undertaking blockage clearance work. The jetting hose was under pressure which has resulted in high pressure…

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SA002 April 11th, 2023

Jetting drains and sewer in cold weather

The HSE has advised the WJA it is investigating a fatal water jetting incident involving the sudden, uncontrolled, and violent movement, whip, or recoil of a hose during cold weather conditions.

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SA001 January 31st, 2023

Incorrect fitment of HP water jetting hoses

As a result of a serious incident to an operator, WJA have identified that when assembling a foot control valve (FCV) of a HP water jetting assembly, the LP dump outlet port…

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