# Amputations at Diamond Materials, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20161110624` · 11/11/2016 · WILMINGTON, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Diamond Materials, LLC
- **Location:** 924 S. Heald St, WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, 19804
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee went to the top of an asphalt silo to check on a drag conveyor. His left hand became caught in a drive pulley, amputating his middle finger, lacerating his index finger, and fracturing his wrist. The drive pulley was unguarded at the time of the incident.

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