# Fractures at Encon Colorado
> OSHA SIR `2016054511` · 5/23/2016 · DENVER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** Encon Colorado
- **Location:** 8660 Welby Road, DENVER, COLORADO, 80229
- **NAICS:** 327390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to repair a gantry crane when stored energy caused the crane's hydraulic motor wheel to release and strike the employee, breaking the left arm and middle finger.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*