# Amputations at United Rental
> OSHA SIR `2017053990` · 5/2/2017 · ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Drums, pulleys, sheaves
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** United Rental
- **Location:** 2201 28th St., ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 18103
- **NAICS:** 532490
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While spooling a winch, an employee's glove was caught on the winch cable, which pulled the employee's right middle finger into the winch and amputated it below the second knuckle.

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