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Appia Wind Services

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — WESTERN, NEBRASKA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Appia Wind Services in WESTERN, NEBRASKA
Employer Appia Wind Services Report ID 2023076818
Address 16316 County Road 1000 City, State ZIP WESTERN, NEBRASKA 68464
Event Date July 27, 2023 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Body Part Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Windmills, wind turbines
Industry (NAICS) 221115 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 40.38000, -97.19000

Incident Narrative

An employee was climbing down a wind tower. He stopped at the second rest area from the top and was climbing through the hatch when his hand slipped and the hatch closed on his head. The employee sustained a neck injury.

Incident Summary

On July 27, 2023, a worker at Appia Wind Services in WESTERN, NEBRASKA suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders. The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with windmills, wind turbines identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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