# Fractures at AJINOMOTO FOODS NORTH AMERICA, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2023010439` · 1/14/2023 · OAKLAND, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** AJINOMOTO FOODS NORTH AMERICA, INC.
- **Location:** 10646 Highway 51, OAKLAND, MISSISSIPPI, 38948
- **NAICS:** 311412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a forklift in the warehouse freezer. As he was traveling down an aisle, the forklift struck a storage rack. The employee's leg was pinned between the racks and the forklift, resulting in a lower leg fracture and hospitalization.

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