# Amputations at Ajinomoto Foods, North America
> OSHA SIR `2022010565` · 1/19/2022 · LAMPASAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Ajinomoto Foods, North America
- **Location:** 601 E 3rd Street, LAMPASAS, TEXAS, 76550
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were unclogging a jammed corn pump. They took the product hose off the pump. One employee's right middle fingertip was amputated by the pump's impeller.

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