MOBILE, ALABAMA—
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, Mobile Infirmary , MOBILE, ALABAMA 36607 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final 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.
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BROKEN BOW, NEBRASKA—
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An employee was inspecting trays as they came out of the descrambler machine. The employee went to reach for a damaged tray when his right index finger was caught between the tray and a sidepiece of the conveyor line, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
BROKEN BOW, NEBRASKA—
Becton Dickinson
Two employees were removing a screw from a high-speed injection molding machine. As they were removing the screw tip, pressurized molten plastic was released through an opening around the screw tip which resulted in both employees being burned by the molten plastic. They sustained burns to the forehead, right neck, face, right arm, and right hand. One employee was hospitalized.
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA—
BECTON DICKINSON
An employee was troubleshooting the conveyor and severed the distal tip of his right index finger when his right hand contacted the chain and gear.
BROKEN BOW, NEBRASKA—
Becton Dickinson
An employee was threading a new roll of bags into the midstream bagger machine. The jaws of the machine include a heat seal and cutters. The machine activated and the jaws caught his finger resulting in the amputation of the left index fingertip.
BROKEN BOW, NEBRASKA—
Becton Dickinson
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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