Fractures

Name: Fractures at Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc.
Start: 9/7/2021

1 hospitalization · 2021097659 · 9/7/2021 · Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Thigh(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
Source: Ramps, loading docks, dock plates

Employer

Name: Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc.
Location: 10646 Hwy. 51, OAKLAND, MISSISSIPPI, 38948
NAICS: 311412
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting a dock plate on the loading dock with other maintenance workers. When the lockout pin on the dock plate was removed, the plate fell down and caught the employee's left leg. The employee sustained a compound fracture of the left femur and a head laceration.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown