# Amputations at Becton Dickinson
> OSHA SIR `2019010154` · 1/6/2019 · MOBILE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Becton Dickinson
- **Location:** Mobile Infirmary, MOBILE, ALABAMA, 36607
- **NAICS:** 423450
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## 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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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*