Amputations

Name: Amputations at Becton Dickinson
Start: 1/6/2019

1 amputation · 2019010154 · 1/6/2019 · 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: Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery

Employer

Name: Becton Dickinson
Location: Mobile Infirmary, MOBILE, ALABAMA, 36607
NAICS: 423450
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting a packaging machine and adjusting the media when his left index finger was caught in the perforation blade, resulting in a traumatic amputation of the distal phalanx.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown