Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

Name: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Duke Energy Renewables
Start: 4/18/2023

1 hospitalization · 2023043466 · 4/18/2023 · Duke Energy Renewables

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple face locations
Nature of injury: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

Cause

Event: Struck by discharged object or substance
Source: Container caps, lids, covers
Secondary source: Containers-pressurized, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Duke Energy Renewables
Location: Mesquite Creek Wind Farm Lamesa, LAMESA, TEXAS, 79331
NAICS: 221115
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was in a mobile oil exchange trailer, climbing over an oil tank to adjust an oil hose reel. The tank valve opened, causing the pressurized tank fill cap to strike the employee in the face. The employee lost multiple teeth and suffered lacerations and fractures to the face.

Source

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