Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1568265.015 - Rwe Renewables Americas, Llc

Inspection Information - Office: Corpus Christi Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1568265.015

Report ID: 0626000

Date Opened: 12/08/2021

Site Address:
Rwe Renewables Americas, Llc
12550 Pennington Rd
Raymondville, TX 78580

Mailing Address:
701 Brazos St, Ste 1400, Austin, TX 78701

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 221115

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 12/08/2021

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 12/05/2023

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1841127	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations				1		1
Current Violations				1		1
Initial Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$9,753	$0	$9,753
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$9,753	$0	$9,753
FTA Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
#	Citation ID	Citation Type	Standard Cited	Issuance Date	Abatement Due Date	Current Penalty	Initial Penalty	FTA Penalty	Contest	Latest Event	Note
1.	01001	Other	19040039 A02	12/28/2021		$9,753	$9,753	$0		Z - Issued

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 141859.015

Event: 12/07/2021

Employee breaks wrist, tears skin when caught in heavy cable

At 9:45 a.m. on December 7, 2021, an employee was standing on a on a 360-degree platform dropping a 330-foot long, 10-mm cable from a nacelle during installation. The employee was in the process of dropping the spooled cable down the tower approximately 300 feet while readying a wind turbine blade for repair. The employee was required to drop a total of four cables, each weighing 90 pounds. As the employee was lowering a cable it became tangled. As the employee attempted to untangle the cable, his hand and wrist got caught in the cable. The employee broke his wrist and tore the skin around his wrist and hand, requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Abrasion, Blade (Wind Tower), Broken Bone, Cable, Contusion, Engineering Controls, Fracture, Hand, Installing, Lack of Engineering Controls, Nacelle, Repair, Skin, Tear, Tower, Wind Tower, Wind Turbine, Wrist

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1568265.015	36	M	Hospitalized injury		Technicians, n.e.c.

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