# Amputations at Grotberg Electric, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021109239` · 10/26/2021 · GWINNER, NORTH DAKOTA
## 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Trenchers
## Employer
- **Name:** Grotberg Electric, Inc.
- **Location:** 55 ND Highway 13, GWINNER, NORTH DAKOTA, 58040
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was guiding a boring rod on a vibratory plow trencher to install a conduit when the employee's hooding got caught on the boring rod, resulting in an amputation of the right little finger and potential fractures of the right arm.

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