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Amputations

1 amputation · 2020109713 · 10/12/2020 · United Rentals (North America), Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source
Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name
United Rentals (North America), Inc.
Location
913 Chippewa St, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, 70805
NAICS
532490
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

A service technician was performing maintenance on a forklift when his fingers got caught in the carriage chains resulting in partial amputations to digits 4 and 5 on the right hand.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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