# Fractures at Blattner Energy, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191111709` · 11/11/2019 · SOUTH SHORE, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Windmills, wind turbines
- **Secondary source:** Ground, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Blattner Energy, Inc.
- **Location:** 46415 161st Street, SOUTH SHORE, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57263
- **NAICS:** 221115
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee fell approximately four feet to the ground while exiting a wind turbine, breaking an arm.

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