# Amputations at Becton Dickinson
> OSHA SIR `2023087564` · 8/18/2023 · 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:** Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Becton Dickinson
- **Location:** 150 S. 1st Ave, BROKEN BOW, NEBRASKA, 68822
- **NAICS:** 339112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inspecting trays as they came out of the descrambler machine. The employee went to reach for a damaged tray when his right index finger was caught between the tray and a sidepiece of the conveyor line, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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