Incident date: 2024-07-29
NAICS industry code: 237990

An employee using an overhead crane to move a main shaft of a wind turbine to stage the shaft for transportation. The variable speed crane began to move faster and the load began to swing. The employee went to halt the shaft s swinging and their hand got caught between the main shaft that was swinging and a stationary main shaft. The employee's right arm was fractured, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by suspended or swinging objects  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Fan and turbine parts
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Arm(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate