# Amputations involving bone loss at Quietflex Manufacturing Company, L.P.
> OSHA SIR `2024098243` · 9/5/2024 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
- **Secondary source:** Vehicle and machine attachments  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Quietflex Manufacturing Company, L.P.
- **Location:** 4518 Brittmoore Rd., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77041
- **NAICS:** 327993
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was emptying a metal recycling hopper using a forklift when he sustained a transphalangeal amputation of his right index and middle fingers from the trash hopper pull cable.

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