Incident date: 2019-03-22
NAICS industry code: 221122

On Friday, March 22, 2019, two employees were lowering material in a wind turbine after repairing a turbine motor. A 6-foot-long tool fell from more than 90 feet up, striking an employee on the ground and causing head trauma.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Handtools-power not determined, unspecified
code_nature: title: Intracranial injuries, unspecified
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate