BROKEN BOW, NEBRASKA—
Becton, Dickinson and Company
Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Becton, Dickinson and Company, 150 S. 1st Ave., BROKEN BOW, NEBRASKA 68822 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final 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.
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