# Amputations at Quietflex Manufacturing Company, LP
> OSHA SIR `2018065603` · 6/7/2018 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Quietflex Manufacturing Company, LP
- **Location:** 4518 Brittmoore Rd., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77041
- **NAICS:** 327993
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing a shift clean-up on a blend line when his left arm was pulled into the blending rollers. The blend line was turned off, but the rollers were still rotating. The employee was admitted to the hospital with a left arm amputation below the elbow.

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