# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Becton Dickinson and Company
> OSHA SIR `2020087729` · 8/15/2020 · CANAAN, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Becton Dickinson and Company
- **Location:** Route 7 & Grace Way, CANAAN, CONNECTICUT, 06018
- **NAICS:** 339112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 15, 2020, an employee was unjamming the rotating diverter wheel on a production machine. The tension released, pushing the employee's hand into a compressed air jet. The air punctured her hand and she was hospitalized.

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