# Fractures at IEA Constructors
> OSHA SIR `2025010498` · 1/15/2025 · MINNEOLA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  more than 30 feet
- **Source:** Suspended or hanging scaffolds or staging
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** IEA Constructors
- **Location:** Cimarron Bend Wind Farm Project LLC, MINNEOLA, KANSAS, 67865
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was descending a suspended scaffold after performing repairs on a wind turbine blade. The scaffold malfunctioned and the employee began accelerating; he did not free fall, but fell approximately 90 feet to the ground below. The employee sustained fractures to the spine, back, hip, and legs.

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