BROKEN BOW, NEBRASKA—
Becton Dickinson
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Becton Dickinson, 150 S. 1st Ave , BROKEN BOW, NEBRASKA 68822 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
Maintenance employee was responding to a jammed machine on line #9. The employee reached into the machine to remove the jam. The machine cycled, feeding another tray that pinched his right ring fingertip between the tray and the frame of the machine, resulting in the tip being amputated.
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