# Amputations at United Rentals - Trench Safety
> OSHA SIR `2023065529` · 6/21/2023 · STREAMWOOD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** United Rentals - Trench Safety
- **Location:** 400 East North Avenue, STREAMWOOD, ILLINOIS, 60107
- **NAICS:** 532412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping load a modular 10-by-10 trench box into a truck. As he tried to straighten the box so it could be loaded, the truck backed up. He suffered a partial fingertip amputation.

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