# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at AJINOMOTO
> OSHA SIR `2020054110` · 5/2/2020 · CARTHAGE, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **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.

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