Fractures

Name: Fractures at M.A. Mortenson Company
Start: 10/22/2019

1 hospitalization · 20191011041 · 10/22/2019 · M.A. Mortenson Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Lumbar region
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Aircraft incident, n.e.c.
Source: Airplane-powered fixed wing, unspecified
Secondary source: Ropes, ties, chains, unspecified

Employer

Name: M.A. Mortenson Company
Location: Mesquite Creek Wind Farm, 2412 County road West, LAMESA, TEXAS, 79331
NAICS: 237130
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

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.

Source

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