# Amputations at Quality Value Excellent Sanitation Team LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023021854` · 2/28/2023 · MIAMI LAKES, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage
## Employer
- **Name:** Quality Value Excellent Sanitation Team LLC
- **Location:** 4870 NW 157th Street, MIAMI LAKES, FLORIDA, 33014
- **NAICS:** 561720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the beef blender/mixer machine when his hand became caught inside, resulting in a right hand amputation.

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