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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2015096835 · 9/17/2015 · Becton Dickinson

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery

Employer

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

Narrative

An employee was threading a new roll of bags into the midstream bagger machine. The jaws of the machine include a heat seal and cutters. The machine activated and the jaws caught his finger resulting in the amputation of the left index fingertip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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