# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Appia Wind Services
> OSHA SIR `2023076818` · 7/27/2023 · WESTERN, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Windmills, wind turbines
## Employer
- **Name:** Appia Wind Services
- **Location:** 16316 County Road 1000, WESTERN, NEBRASKA, 68464
- **NAICS:** 221115
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing down a wind tower. He stopped at the second rest area from the top and was climbing through the hatch when his hand slipped and the hatch closed on his head. The employee sustained a neck injury.

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