Incident date: 2024-05-04
NAICS industry code: 322110

An employee was using a ram with attached cribbing to close a gate valve on the bleachery feed tank when the cribbing buckled under the intermittent pressure and the ram released. The ram struck his right hand, fracturing his little finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  irregular movement, kick back
code_source: title: Jacks
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate