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Review your control measures regularly to ensure they are effective and working as planned. When reviewing control measures, take into consideration any changes in processes, procedures, equipment or personnel and the nature and duration of work.

The selection of suitable plant and safe systems of work can reduce the likelihood of hose whip and taking additional risk control measures can reduce the likelihood of injury.

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Workers may sustain an injury and sometimes death either by being struck by the whipping hose or by being knocked over and hitting the ground or an object. An incident may happen when trapped air is momentarily compressed and then released causing the hose to whip violently.

Hose whipping is caused by air being trapped in the delivery system. A hose whip can occur during the concrete pumping operation or when the line is being cleaned out. Hose whip can be especially violent when air enters the line and becomes pressurised by the pumping process.

'Hose whip' describes the uncontrolled and rapid motion of the flexible rubber hose on the end of a concrete placement boom or other concrete delivery line.