Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Becton Dickinson Co., 1329 West Highway 6, HOLDREGE, NEBRASKA 68949
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was performing a visual inspection of the pulley cables in the penthouse above sterilization. The employee used a paper towel to assist in checking for burrs and defects in the cable by folding and positioning the paper towel around the three cables of the pulley system. The paper towel caught on the cable, pulling the employee's right hand into the pulley and causing a partial amputation of the little finger (distal phalange) and an avulsion injury to the ring finger.
An employee was clearing a jam and jogging the equipment due to a "barrel trip gate fault." The operator noticed a large jam and entered a gloved finger into the point of operation to clear the jam while jogging the machine. The left index finger was caught in the dial (part of the machine that brings the plunger up into the barrel for assembly of the syringe) and the fingertip was amputated. There are interlock doors on the machine normally guarding this point of operation, but the interlocks did not prevent the machine from functioning in the jog mode with the doors open. The jog function is controlled by a two-button control that is operated from the handheld pendent hardwired to the machine. Both job buttons can be operated with the same hand.
An employee was troubleshooting a form fill and seal machine. When the machine inadvertently cycled, the employee's right index finger was amputated above the first joint.
An employee was changing mud cups in the hopper cylinders of a concrete pump truck. The cylinders moved and three of the employees fingers were amputated.
An employee was standing on the rig floor next to a polishing unit. His hand was placed on the polishing unit when the pump was lowered, resulting in amputation of their right thumb, ring, and middle fingertips.
An employee was using air to blow out the air wash to the blender and grinder station. As the employee reached to verify that the air wash was clean, the unit pinched and amputated their fingertip.
An employee was retrieving a lost drill pipe with a lifting bail when their left thumb got pinched between the table and handle of the lifting bail while trying to re-thread the pipe to lift it out. The employee suffered an amputation to the left thumb.
An employee was removing a core chuck from a stationary roll when their right ring finger was pinched between the chuck and the roll. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
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