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OSHA Injury Report: Ajinomoto Animal Nutrition North America, Inc.

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Ajinomoto Animal Nutrition North America, Inc. in Eddyville, IA 52553 resulted in days away from work. Employee was war in animal feed mills (except dog and cat) manufacturing.

Establishment
Ajinomoto Animal Nutrition North America, Inc.
Parent company
Ajinomoto
Street
1116 Highway 137
City
Eddyville
State
IA
ZIP
52553
On-site location
Hopper E North Plant -2nd Floor
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
10

Unplugging packaging hopper.

Employee was using a rubber mallet to assist with flow out of the hopper. During repetitive motion felt a sharp pain in the lower back and resonated to the lower right leg.

Sprains Strains to right back.

Repetitive motion swinging rubber mallet.

Sprains Strains to Right Back caused by Repetitive motion swinging rubber mallet.

Job description
War
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
311119 — Animal feed mills (except dog and cat) manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
150
Total hours worked
2870298
Establishment ID
77252
Employer case #
IN-2024041
Date of incident
Shift started
6:30
Time of incident
8:30
Filing year
2024
Submitted
29JAN2025:17:16:00

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.