Incident date: 2016-06-21
NAICS industry code: 928110

An employee was performing maintenance and preparing a miter gate for removal. The "strut arms" were disconnected from the lift gate. The employee was using a hydraulic ram jack and placing it under the partially lifted strut arm when it became dislodged and fell due to gravity, crushing and breaking bones in the employee's left hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Gates
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate