# Fractures at Gulf Winds Wind Farm
> OSHA SIR `2016054070` · 5/11/2016 · ARMSTRONG, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Kneeling, kneeling down-repetitive or prolonged
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
## Employer
- **Name:** Gulf Winds Wind Farm
- **Location:** Armstrong ranch, ARMSTRONG, TEXAS, 78338
- **NAICS:** 221115
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was kneeling down in front of a control cabinet for approximately 20 minutes installing and rewiring a relay device. The employee could not get up. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured femur at the hip joint.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*