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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 20211210506 · 12/7/2021 · RWE Renewables Americas, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Wrist(s)
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Entangled in other object or equipment
Source
Wire, cables-nonelectrical

Employer

Name
RWE Renewables Americas, LLC
Location
12550 Pennington Rd, RAYMONDVILLE, TEXAS, 78580
NAICS
221115
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was in the process of dropping a 10-millimeter wire cable spooled up in a wind turbine's nacelle and lowering it approximately 300 feet down the turbine's tower. There are four total cables to be dropped down, each weighing 90 pounds. As the technician was lowering one of the cables, it became tangled. Trying to untangle the cable, the technician's hand and wrist got caught in the wire cable, resulting in a broken wrist and torn skin around the wrist and hand.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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