# Amputations at United Rentals, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021010076` · 1/5/2021 · NEW WINDSOR, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
## Employer
- **Name:** United Rentals, Inc.
- **Location:** 124 Windsor Highway, NEW WINDSOR, NEW YORK, 12553
- **NAICS:** 532412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting another employee with adjusting the wire ropes in the main boom tube on a boom lift. While checking the tension on the wire ropes inside the boom tube, the boom retracted, resulting in amputation of two fingers on the employee's left hand.

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