# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at IEA Constructors, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023010710` · 1/23/2023 · VERNON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** IEA Constructors, LLC
- **Location:** Lockett Wind Farm - Tower 27, VERNON, TEXAS, 76384
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was rigging a windmill blade bearing in order to remove old grease fittings. One side of the blade bearing was lifted off the ground to facilitate access. The swivel-eye bolt failed and the bearing fell, striking the employee's foot.

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