# Avulsions, enucleations at United Rentals
> OSHA SIR `2017021166` · 2/6/2017 · BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Jewelry, ID badge lanyards
## Employer
- **Name:** United Rentals
- **Location:** 3495 E. Ruben M. Torres, BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, 78526
- **NAICS:** 532490
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing down equipment to secure it to the rear trailer of an 18-wheeler. His ring was caught as he was climbing down, and he sustained an avulsion injury to his left ring finger.

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