Incident date: 2023-07-27
NAICS industry code: 221115

An employee was climbing down a wind tower. He stopped at the second rest area from the top and was climbing through the hatch when his hand slipped and the hatch closed on his head. The employee sustained a neck injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Windmills, wind turbines
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate