# Fractures at Pearce Renewables
> OSHA SIR `2022076074` · 7/12/2022 · TEHACHAPI, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Pearce Renewables
- **Location:** 228 West Tehachapi BLVD, TEHACHAPI, CALIFORNIA, 93561
- **NAICS:** 221115
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was stabilizing a wind turbine blade from the side. The rigging on the crane that was holding the blade slipped, causing the blade to fall and land on the employee's arms. Both arms were fractured.

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