# Amputations at Qvest Sanitation LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020032259` · 3/10/2020 · CUDAHY, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food slicers
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Qvest Sanitation LLC
- **Location:** 1 Sweet Apple Wood Lane, CUDAHY, WISCONSIN, 53110
- **NAICS:** 561720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the deli slicing room conveyor belt (the belt after the slicer) when the belt caught his glove and pulled his hand into the roller of the drive shaft. His left middle finger was amputated.

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