Fractures

Name: Fractures at Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc.
Start: 10/30/2024

1 hospitalization · 20241010131 · 10/30/2024 · Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
Source: Food and beverage processing machinery n.e.c.
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

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

Narrative

An employee was preparing a sauce pump to be sanitized. The pump cycled as he was opening it and his right index fingertip was caught and fractured by the gears.

Source

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