# Amputations at Guardian Construction Company
> OSHA SIR `2019021528` · 2/11/2019 · WILMINGTON, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Snowblowers
## Employer
- **Name:** Guardian Construction Company
- **Location:** 3506 Kennett Pike, WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, 19807
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a snow blower and attempted to clear the snow from around the rotating brush when it energized and severed the employee's right index fingertip.

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