# Crushing injuries at United Rentals, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018021858` · 2/23/2018 · FLUSHING, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Containers-pressurized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** United Rentals, Inc.
- **Location:** 2844 College Point Blvd., FLUSHING, NEW YORK, 11354
- **NAICS:** 532490
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a filled sand pot (4.5 feet tall, 3-foot diameter cylinder with wheels and a handle) into the building when the pot became caught on the door threshold and fell on his ankle, crushing it. He was hospitalized.

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