# Amputations at Becton, Dickinson and Company
> OSHA SIR `2015041818` · 4/7/2015 · COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Becton, Dickinson and Company
- **Location:** 1852 10th Avenue, COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, 68601
- **NAICS:** 339112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## 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.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*