# Amputations at QPS EMPLOYMENT GROUP
> OSHA SIR `2016021583` · 2/20/2016 · KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Tables, worktables
## Employer
- **Name:** QPS EMPLOYMENT GROUP
- **Location:** 4500 E. 75th Terrace, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, 64132
- **NAICS:** 561311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee stocking fiberglass was trying to extend a table leaf. The employee's left fifth finger was caught between the table frame and the table top, resulting in a distal amputation.

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