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Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

1 hospitalization · 2020054110 · 5/2/2020 · AJINOMOTO

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Wrist(s)
Nature of injury
Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
Source
Conveyors-powered, unspecified
Secondary source
Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name
AJINOMOTO
Location
5691 Davinci Lane, CARTHAGE, MISSOURI, 64836
NAICS
311423
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

A metal chip used to test the metal detector had fallen off the conveyor. As an employee reached to retrieve the metal chip, her cotton glove was caught by a sprocket. Her arm and hand were pulled around the bar attached to the sprocket. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery on her wrist.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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