# Amputations at Renew Energy Maintenance LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022032208` · 3/10/2022 · RIO HONDO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Elevators
## Employer
- **Name:** Renew Energy Maintenance LLC
- **Location:** 24946 FM 1847, RIO HONDO, TEXAS, 78583
- **NAICS:** 221115
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in a lift installing parts inside a wind tower. The lift moved up while the employee's foot was outside it and was caught between the lift and a ladder rung. The employee's toes were amputated and the employee was hospitalized.

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