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Accident Summary Nr: 144236.015 - Employee incurs partial finger amputation when pulled into u

Accident Summary Nr: 144236.015 -- Report ID: 0728900 -- Event Date: 02/25/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1581480.015	03/03/2022		339112	Becton Dickinson Co.

Abstract: At 1:00 a.m. on February 25, 2022, Employee #1 was visually inspecting mechanical system #2, located in the penthouse. Employee #1 was performing a visual inspection of the pulley cables in the penthouse above sterilization. Employee #1 used a paper towel to assist in checking for burrs and defects in the cable, by folding and positioning the paper towel around the three cables of the pulley system. The paper towel caught on the cable, pulling Employee #1's right hand into the pulley causing a partial amputation of the 5th digit (distal phalange) and avulsion injury to the 4th digit. Employee #1 was in this area with a coworker, who had the pulley/cylinder system stopped and reversed to release Employee #1's hand. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Avulsion, Cable, Caught In, Finger, Hand, Machine Guarding, Partial Amputation, Pulled In, Pulley, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1581480.015	61	M	Hospitalized injury

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