# Amputations at United Rentals, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020054383` · 5/11/2020 · SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** United Rentals, Inc.
- **Location:** 2400 Hamilton Blvd., SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY, 07080
- **NAICS:** 532412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing forks on a warehouse forklift truck. The employee was standing in front of the forklift, facing the forklift carriage. He lifted the pin on top of the carriage fork holder and was installing the fork. His co-worker, who was sitting in the forklift, operated the control lever and pinched the employee's left thumb between the carriage and the fork, resulting in a thumb tip amputation.

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