DEER PARK, NEW YORK—
UNITED RENTALS (NORTH AMERICA), INC.
Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at UNITED RENTALS (NORTH AMERICA), INC., 1050 Grand Blvd., DEER PARK, NEW YORK 11729 on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An excavator bucket was being removed. An employee was pulling a snap ring to remove a pin and lost his grip. The high-tension snap ring recoiled and his left middle fingertip was amputated by the snap ring.
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