# Amputations at United Rentals, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019077398` · 7/19/2019 · JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** United Rentals, Inc.
- **Location:** 5955 Phillips Highway, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, 32216
- **NAICS:** 532412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A service technician was installing an excavator's hydraulic cylinder by hand when it slipped and his right index finger was caught between the base of the cylinder and the "thumb" (a part of the bucket and boom arm). The employee sustained amputation of the right index fingertip without bone loss.

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