# Amputations at Qvest Sanitation, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023064860` · 6/2/2023 · NORTH SIOUX CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Qvest Sanitation, LLC
- **Location:** 803 North Derby Lane, NORTH SIOUX CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57049
- **NAICS:** 561720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was scrubbing and cleaning a conveyor belt. When he knelt down to scrub underneath the belt, his hand was caught between the belt and the turn sprocket. The employee's 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*