# Amputations at Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018099068` · 9/1/2018 · OAKLAND, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Lockers
## Employer
- **Name:** Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc.
- **Location:** 10646 Hwy. 51, OAKLAND, MISSISSIPPI, 38948
- **NAICS:** 311412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a metal locker onto a forklift when the locker door opened and slammed back, cutting his left ring fingertip and resulting in an amputation.

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