# Cuts, lacerations at United Rentals
> OSHA SIR `2022076310` · 7/19/2022 · WESTERVILLE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Entangled in other object or equipment
- **Source:** Lifelines, lanyards, safety belts, harnesses
- **Secondary source:** Drills-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** United Rentals
- **Location:** 5755 Westerville Road, WESTERVILLE, OHIO, 43081
- **NAICS:** 532412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was drilling a rivet that held a safety tether to a pin on a scissor lift handrail. The drill bit came into contact with the safety tether, which wrapped tightly around the employee's left index finger and lacerated it.

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