# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Sanderfoot Wind
> OSHA SIR `2024098126` · 9/2/2024 · DEBLOIS, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), finger(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
- **Source:** Structural elements  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Windmills, wind turbines
## Employer
- **Name:** Sanderfoot Wind
- **Location:** 196 Hatchery Rd, DEBLOIS, MAINE, 04622
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on the fixed ladder of a wind turbine to clean it when one of the metal work platforms detached from the ladder and struck their left hand as it fell. The employee sustained a severe laceration.

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