# Amputations at Renewable Energy Systems Americas, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020054792` · 5/22/2020 · SARITA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Renewable Energy Systems Americas, Inc.
- **Location:** Gulf Wind Repower, SARITA, TEXAS, 78385
- **NAICS:** 221114
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was rigging the motor on a tower when his right hand was caught in a pinch point, resulting in an open fracture with an amputation of the right middle distal fingertip.

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