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Becton, Dickinson and Company

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Becton, Dickinson and Company in COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA
Employer Becton, Dickinson and Company Report ID 2015041818
Address 1852 10th Avenue City, State ZIP COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA 68601
Event Date April 7, 2015 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Special process machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 339112 Inspection # 1052895
GPS Coordinates 41.43000, -97.33000

Incident Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting an assembly line in the needle assembly area. When he bent over to look at the bottom of the machine, he rested his hand on a guard on the belt assembly. His finger overlapped with the edge of the guard, tripping a motion sensor that activated the machine push bar. His right-hand middle finger got caught between the push bar and the machine.

Incident Summary

On April 7, 2015, a worker at Becton, Dickinson and Company in COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with special process machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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