# Fractures at Ajinomoto Foods North America
> OSHA SIR `2018076725` · 7/5/2018 · JOPLIN, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Ajinomoto Foods North America
- **Location:** 3131 S Quail Ave, JOPLIN, MISSOURI, 64804
- **NAICS:** 311991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to adjust a conveyor belt when the sprocket caught her glove. Her left arm was pulled into the machine, and she suffered a compound fracture.

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