# Amputations at QPS EMPLOYMENT GROUP
> OSHA SIR `2022087719` · 8/30/2022 · MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** QPS EMPLOYMENT GROUP
- **Location:** 1500 S. Lincoln Memorial Drive, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, 53207
- **NAICS:** 561311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to unjam a bag on a conveyor. The conveyor mechanism caught the employee's left ring finger, causing a degloving injury and fingertip amputation.

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