# Fractures and other injuries, unspecified at Nordex USA, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021119936` · 11/16/2021 · THROCKMORTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Windmills, wind turbines
- **Secondary source:** Windmills, wind turbines
## Employer
- **Name:** Nordex USA, Inc.
- **Location:** Azure Sky Wind Farm near Throckmorton, TX, THROCKMORTON, TEXAS, 76483
- **NAICS:** 221115
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing down a fixed ladder on a wind turbine tower. He fell and landed on a platform on the tower level below, suffering head trauma, a broken leg, and loss of consciousness. He was hospitalized.

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