# Amputations at Ajinomoto Cambrooke, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2023065268` · 6/14/2023 · AYER, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage
## Employer
- **Name:** Ajinomoto Cambrooke, INC.
- **Location:** 4 Copeland Drive, AYER, MASSACHUSETTS, 01432
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A pneumatic gate valve on a ribbon blender closed on an employee's left hand. His left index finger was lacerated and amputated at the knuckle. His left middle finger was fractured and lacerated.

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