Incident date: 2019-10-22
NAICS industry code: 237130

An employee was holding a tagline during a lifting operation at a wind farm when a crop duster aircraft flew between the wind tower and tagline that the employee was holding. The aircraft struck the tagline, which caused the employee to be lifted into the air and subsequently land on his back on the ground. He suffered a fractured L1 vertebra.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Aircraft incident, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Airplane-powered fixed wing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lumbar region
severity: moderate