SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA—
Qvest Sanitation, LLC.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Qvest Sanitation, LLC., 105 Keystone Industrial Park, SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA 18512 on — Amputations, affecting the hand(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee's right hand was amputated while cleaning a meat grinder. The machine was in operation at the time of the incident.
More severe injuries at Qvest Sanitation, LLC.
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA—
Qvest Sanitation, LLC
An employee was checking the rotating paddles of a meat blender to ensure they were clean when she lost her balance and her fingers became pinched between the paddle and the wall of the blender. The employee sustained the amputation of her right index finger and lacerations to her middle and ring fingers.
NORTH SIOUX CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA—
Qvest Sanitation, LLC
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.
HATFIELD, PENNSYLVANIA—
Qvest Sanitation, LLC.
While descending an 8-foot ladder an employee slipped off of a rung and fell backward, hitting his head on a 4-foot metal safety pole during the fall. The employee sustained a head injury.
CUDAHY, WISCONSIN—
Qvest Sanitation LLC
An employee was cleaning the deli slicing room conveyor belt (the belt after the slicer) when the belt caught his glove and pulled his hand into the roller of the drive shaft. His left middle finger was amputated.
PLOVER, WISCONSIN—
Qvest Sanitation LLC
On April 10, 2017, an employee was cleaning equipment when it partially amputated the employee's left middle and ring fingers. The equipment was not locked out at the time.
View Qvest Sanitation, LLC.'s full OSHA safety record →
Similar incidents · Same event type
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS—
DGS Import, LLC
An employee was changing a saw blade when the saw machine activated. The employee's left ring and little fingers were amputated.
SUWANEE, GEORGIA—
Millennium Mat Company
An employee was clearing a jam from the label cutting machine when their left middle finger was partially amputated.
TAMPA, FLORIDA—
Bauer Foundation Corp.
Two employees were repairing the hydraulic engagement pins on a rented front-end wheel loader. The machine controls were activated to move the attachment pins and an employee's finger was caught between the pins and the bushings. Their right index finger was partially amputated.
SUGARCREEK, OHIO—
Guggisberg Cheese, Inc.
An employee was cleaning the conveyor on a piece of equipment when they slipped and their right hand was pulled into the chain sprocket. The employee's fifth fingertip was amputated.
HOUSTON, TEXAS—
Alsco Inc.
An employee was throwing blankets onto a blanket folding and stacking machine. A blanket got stuck in the machine and she attempted to remove it when the machine contacted her right little finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 561720)
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS—
Professional Sanitation Cleaning Services, Inc.
An employee was rinsing a food processing machine at a facility and went to stabilize himself. His left hand contacted the surface of the machine and a guard inadvertently closed, crushing the tip of his ring finger and resulting in an amputation and fracture.
MIAMI, FLORIDA—
Allan Industries, Inc.
An employee was performing janitorial duties on the 15th floor of a building that was under construction. She began having trouble breathing. The employee was hospitalized with lung irritation caused by dust.
TOLEDO, OHIO—
HPC INDUSTRIAL SERVICES LLC
On October 17, 2025, an employee was descending a fixed two-step stool when she slipped, landed on her left leg, and suffered a broken femur. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
LONGVIEW, TEXAS—
HPC INDUSTRIAL SERVICES LLC
An employee slipped while getting on a trailer. His chin struck the trailer jack, and he suffered fractures to his jawbone and thyroid cartilage. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
LAVONIA, GEORGIA—
Robinson Premier Cleaning Services, Inc.
A crew was finishing work for the day at a job site. An insulated modular panel (IMP) being used as a door fell on an employee. She suffered a dislocated shoulder, a broken arm, and a gash on her left leg. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery for the arm/shoulder injury.
More severe injuries in PENNSYLVANIA
WYNNEWOOD, PENNSYLVANIA—
Main Line Clinical Labs
An employee was closing a door when the door closed on their right index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
POCONO SUMMIT, PENNSYLVANIA—
Ardent Mills
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA—
Zimmerman & Herr
An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
EBENSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA—
McAneny Brothers, Inc.
An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA—
Metz Culinary Management LLC
An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.