Incident date: 2022-07-12
NAICS industry code: 221115

An employee was stabilizing a wind turbine blade from the side. The rigging on the crane that was holding the blade slipped, causing the blade to fall and land on the employee's arms. Both arms were fractured.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate