# Fractures at Blattner Energy Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021064571` · 6/5/2021 · BAIRD, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Turning handtools-powered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Blattner Energy Inc.
- **Location:** 3003 US 283 North, BAIRD, TEXAS, 79504
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a torquing tool to torque down bolts on the blades in a wind turbine. As he began to tighten a nut, his finger became caught between the torquing tool and the wall of the hub.  The employee sustained an avulsion fracture to a finger.

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