# Fractures at Ynfinti Global Wind Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20181112091` · 11/26/2018 · GIRVIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Windmills, wind turbines
## Employer
- **Name:** Ynfinti Global Wind Services, LLC
- **Location:** Woodward Mountain Wind farm, GIRVIN, TEXAS, 79740
- **NAICS:** 221115
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee climbed up a turbine, inspected the chain hoist, and noticed that it was stuck. He was attempting to release the chain when it recoiled and pulled his hand into the hoist. He suffered a laceration to the left middle finger and a fracture to the left middle phalanx, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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