# Amputations at United Rentals (North America), Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020109713` · 10/12/2020 · BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** United Rentals (North America), Inc.
- **Location:** 913 Chippewa St, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, 70805
- **NAICS:** 532490
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A service technician was performing maintenance on a forklift when his fingers got caught in the carriage chains resulting in partial amputations to digits 4 and 5 on the right hand.

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