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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2023098401 · 9/12/2023 · Becton, Dickinson and Company

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
Source
Machinery, unspecified

Employer

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

Narrative

An employee had been operating a machine. They were testing the belt tension beneath the machine when their left thumb became caught between the belts and pulleys of the machine. The employee sustained a distal thumb amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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