# Fractures at US Army Corp of Engineers
> OSHA SIR `2016065512` · 6/21/2016 · ILLINOIS CITY, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Gates
## Employer
- **Name:** US Army Corp of Engineers
- **Location:** 33109 102nd Ave., W, ILLINOIS CITY, ILLINOIS, 61259
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

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.

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