# Amputations at Quest Design & Fabrication, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20191111570` · 11/6/2019 · STAFFORD, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Quest Design & Fabrication, LLC
- **Location:** 13720 Staffor Rd., STAFFORD, TEXAS, 77477
- **NAICS:** 321918
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an edge banding machine. While cleaning out the build up of glue, wood dust, and cutting debris, his left hand contacted the rotating blades resulting in amputation of the middle and ring fingers at the second knuckle and the index finger at the first knuckle.

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