# Amputations at Becton Dickinson
> OSHA SIR `2015010759` · 1/23/2015 · BROKEN BOW, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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.

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