# Fractures at United Rentals Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015118846` · 11/23/2015 · FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
## Employer
- **Name:** United Rentals Inc.
- **Location:** 3501 State Rd 7, FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, 33314
- **NAICS:** 532412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing mechanical work on a scissor lift. The employee inadvertently touched the controls, causing the scissor portion of the machine to cycle down on the employee's left index finger, fracturing and lacerating it.

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