Incident date: 2017-11-17
NAICS industry code: 333611

While climbing down a wind turbine tower using a fixed ladder, an employee fell 25 feet and struck a platform, losing consciousness and fracturing a leg, hip, and pelvis.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet
code_source: title: Windmills, wind turbines
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate