Fractures

Name: Fractures at Blattner Energy Inc.
Start: 6/5/2021

1 hospitalization · 2021064571 · 6/5/2021 · Blattner Energy Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
Source: Turning handtools-powered, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Blattner Energy Inc.
Location: 3003 US 283 North, BAIRD, TEXAS, 79504
NAICS: 237130
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a torquing tool to torque down bolts on the blades in a wind turbine. As he began to tighten a nut, his finger became caught between the torquing tool and the wall of the hub. The employee sustained an avulsion fracture to a finger.

Source

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