# Amputations at Rent A Center
> OSHA SIR `2017076313` · 7/10/2017 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Delivery truck or van
- **Secondary source:** Sheets, towels, linens, bedding
## Employer
- **Name:** Rent A Center
- **Location:** 5384 W. 34th Street, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77092
- **NAICS:** 423210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a lift gate on a box truck when a blanket used to protect and move product slipped down between the lift gate and the box truck. When he attempted to move the blanket, his left hand was caught and amputated between the gate and the truck.

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