United Rentals (North America), Inc.
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified — Amputations — BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA
| Employer | United Rentals (North America), Inc. | Report ID | 2020109713 |
| Address | 913 Chippewa St | City, State ZIP | BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 70805 |
| Event Date | October 12, 2020 | Outcome | Amputation |
| Nature of Injury | Amputations | Body Part | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified |
| Event Type | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified | Source of Injury | Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered |
| Industry (NAICS) | 532490 | Inspection # | 1497301 |
| GPS Coordinates | 30.47000, -91.18000 | ||
Incident 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.
Incident Summary
On October 12, 2020, a worker at United Rentals (North America), Inc. in BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified, with forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.
Context
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