Thursday, August 26, 2010 On July 7, 2010, at approximately 1430 hours a 37 y/o male Driver Engineer in our department received minor injuries when a 2.5" double female coupling failed while the pressure was being increased during a hose testing process. The device was attached to the pump panel and failed at the swivel when the pressure was being increased. The DE noticed a leak upon throttling up and the device failed before he could react. The failure caused the end of the hose to strike his right upper thigh, causing an abrasion about 8" long and some significant bruising. The hose stream from the pump panel struck the DE in the left lower abdomen just above the hip, sending him backwards and down into a storm water retention ditch about 14' away. The firefighter was transported to the ER by ambulance for evaluation and release about 5 hours later and returned to duty that day.