Incident date: 2019-04-18
NAICS industry code: 221115

While cleaning inside a wind turbine tower, an employee stepped through an open access hatch and fell to the deck below.  The employee sustained fractures to the face, arms and legs. Fall protection was not worn at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified
code_source: title: Existing floor opening
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate