# Fractures at M.A. Mortenson Company
> OSHA SIR `20191011041` · 10/22/2019 · LAMESA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Aircraft incident, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Airplane-powered fixed wing, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ropes, ties, chains, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** M.A. Mortenson Company
- **Location:** Mesquite Creek Wind Farm, 2412 County road West, LAMESA, TEXAS, 79331
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was holding a tagline during a lifting operation at a wind farm when a crop duster aircraft flew between the wind tower and tagline that the employee was holding. The aircraft struck the tagline, which caused the employee to be lifted into the air and subsequently land on his back on the ground. He suffered a fractured L1 vertebra.

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