# Amputations at Port Contractors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016032609` · 3/28/2016 · WILMINGTON, DELAWARE
## 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:** Drilling machines, drilling augers
## Employer
- **Name:** Port Contractors, Inc.
- **Location:** Tipping Building, WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, 19801
- **NAICS:** 488320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing out residual materials on a screw auger when his finger contacted the screw component that was turning inside the auger, amputating one-third to one-half of his right middle finger and severely cutting his right index fingertip.

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