Fractures

Name: Fractures at Ynfinti Global Wind Services, LLC
Start: 11/26/2018

1 hospitalization · 20181112091 · 11/26/2018 · Ynfinti Global Wind Services, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Windmills, wind turbines

Employer

Name: Ynfinti Global Wind Services, LLC
Location: Woodward Mountain Wind farm, GIRVIN, TEXAS, 79740
NAICS: 221115
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee climbed up a turbine, inspected the chain hoist, and noticed that it was stuck. He was attempting to release the chain when it recoiled and pulled his hand into the hoist. He suffered a laceration to the left middle finger and a fracture to the left middle phalanx, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown