# Amputations at William Quinn III, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022065418` · 6/21/2022 · WESTLAKE, TEXAS
## 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:** Mowing machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** William Quinn III, Inc.
- **Location:** Unknown, WESTLAKE, TEXAS, 76262
- **NAICS:** 333112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a 21-inch lawnmower. A piece of metal got stuck in the mower; while he was bending to pick it up, the mower blades pulled in his glove and amputated his right finger to the bottom of the fingernail.

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