# Amputations at United Rentals North America, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2023053933` · 5/2/2023 · COVINGTON, LOUISIANA
## 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
- **Secondary source:** Structures, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** United Rentals North America, Inc
- **Location:** 1305 N Collins Blvd, COVINGTON, LOUISIANA, 70433
- **NAICS:** 532490
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting up cribbing to complete an aerial lift track system repair. As he was lowering the jack stand, his hand was caught between an axle and the cribbing, resulting in partial amputation of their left index and left middle fingers at the first joint.

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