Joplin, MO —
OSHA Injury Report: Joplin
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Joplin in Joplin, MO 64804 resulted in days away from work. Employee was quality Control Specialist in specialty Frozen Foods.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Joplin
- Parent company
- Ajinomoto Foods North America
- Street
- 3131 Quail Ave
- City
- Joplin
- State
- MO
- ZIP
- 64804
- On-site location
- Quality Assurance Office
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 3
Before the incident
Working on the computer in the QA office.
What happened
The employee while on break in the QA office pulled out a vaping device to change the batteries before going outside to smoke. During the process of changing the batteries the device exploded in the EE’s hand causing an injury to the left thumb.
Injury or illness
Burn
Object or substance involved
Battery explosion in vape device.
Summary line
The employee while on break in the QA office pulled out a vaping device to change the batteries before going outside to smoke. During the process of changing the batteries the device exploded in the EE’s hand causing an injury to the left thumb.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Quality Control Specialist
- SOC code
- 51-9061 — Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
- NAICS code
- 311412 — Specialty Frozen Foods
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 347
- Total hours worked
- 651372
- Establishment ID
- 364220
- Employer case #
- 4
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 14:00
- Time of incident
- 17:54
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 18FEB2025:00:48:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.