# Amputations at Qvest Sanitation, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2016032639` · 3/30/2016 · SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Meat grinders
## Employer
- **Name:** Qvest Sanitation, LLC.
- **Location:** 105 Keystone Industrial Park, SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18512
- **NAICS:** 561720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's right hand was amputated while cleaning a meat grinder. The machine was in operation at the time of the incident.

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