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Amputations

1 amputation · 2015010759 · 1/23/2015 · Becton Dickinson

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source
Machinery, unspecified
Secondary source
Pots, pans, trays

Employer

Name
Becton Dickinson
Location
150 S. 1st Ave, BROKEN BOW, NEBRASKA, 68822
NAICS
339112
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

Maintenance employee was responding to a jammed machine on line #9. The employee reached into the machine to remove the jam. The machine cycled, feeding another tray that pinched his right ring fingertip between the tray and the frame of the machine, resulting in the tip being amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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