# Bruises, contusions at Ajinomoto Foods
> OSHA SIR `2023087987` · 8/29/2023 · CARTHAGE, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Skull
- **Nature of injury:** Bruises, contusions
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Bundles, bales
## Employer
- **Name:** Ajinomoto Foods
- **Location:** 5691 Davinci Lane, CARTHAGE, MISSOURI, 64836
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting away a stack of unassembled boxes from the dock. While she was maneuvering the top bundle onto a pallet, stacked bundles fell, pushing the employee backward. Her head struck part of the forklift mast, resulting in a skull contusion.

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