# Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified at United Rentals, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20241211682` · 12/18/2024 · BARTLETT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other propelled object or substance  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Wire, cables nonelectrified
- **Secondary source:** Chippers
## Employer
- **Name:** United Rentals, Inc.
- **Location:** 30.80945 N, 97.45576 W, BARTLETT, TEXAS, 76511
- **NAICS:** 532412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Mulching equipment was being used to clear tall vegetation at a job site when the equipment encountered hidden wire in the brush. The wire entered the equipment and was projected out of it approximately 300 feet, striking the injured employee's left leg and resulting in an injury.

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