# Fractures at United Rentals (North America), Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019032437` · 3/6/2019 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
## Employer
- **Name:** United Rentals (North America), Inc.
- **Location:** 3506 Chapman Lane, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78744
- **NAICS:** 532120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving equipment when a J-hook came loose and struck his left leg, breaking his femur.

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