Crushing injuries

Name: Crushing injuries at United Rentals, Inc.
Start: 2/23/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018021858 · 2/23/2018 · United Rentals, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Ankle(s)
Nature of injury: Crushing injuries

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Containers-pressurized, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: United Rentals, Inc.
Location: 2844 College Point Blvd., FLUSHING, NEW YORK, 11354
NAICS: 532490
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was moving a filled sand pot (4.5 feet tall, 3-foot diameter cylinder with wheels and a handle) into the building when the pot became caught on the door threshold and fell on his ankle, crushing it. He was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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