# Amputations at Ajinomoto Foods
> OSHA SIR `2020098529` · 9/8/2020 · CARTHAGE, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Ajinomoto Foods
- **Location:** 5691 Davinci Lane, CARTHAGE, MISSOURI, 64836
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pulling dough through the dough cutter blade when their right pinky fingertip was amputated.

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