# Amputations at Becton Dickinson
> OSHA SIR `2015096835` · 9/17/2015 · BROKEN BOW, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Becton Dickinson
- **Location:** 150 S. 1st Ave, BROKEN BOW, NEBRASKA, 68822
- **NAICS:** 339112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

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.

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