# Cuts, lacerations at United Renewables LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023054539` · 5/22/2023 · MEYERSDALE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Cranes-tower, self-erecting, portal, pillar, hammerhead
## Employer
- **Name:** United Renewables LLC
- **Location:** 1173 Sand Spring Road, MEYERSDALE, PENNSYLVANIA, 15552
- **NAICS:** 221115
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A drivetrain was being removed from an industrial wind turbine using a crane. An employee was up the tower, directing the crane, when the load shifted forward and lacerated the employee's right calf.

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