# Fractures at Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021097659` · 9/7/2021 · OAKLAND, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
## Employer
- **Name:** Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc.
- **Location:** 10646 Hwy. 51, OAKLAND, MISSISSIPPI, 38948
- **NAICS:** 311412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting a dock plate on the loading dock with other maintenance workers. When the lockout pin on the dock plate was removed, the plate fell down and caught the employee's left leg. The employee sustained a compound fracture of the left femur and a head laceration.

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