Eddyville, IA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Ajinomoto Animal Nutrition North America, Inc.
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Ajinomoto Animal Nutrition North America, Inc. in 1116 Highway 137, Eddyville, IA 52553 resulted in days away from work. Employee was process technician in animal feed mills (except dog and cat) manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Ajinomoto Animal Nutrition North America, Inc.
- Parent company
- Ajinomoto
- Street
- 1116 Highway 137
- City
- Eddyville
- State
- IA
- ZIP
- 52553
- On-site location
- Aji-Pro-L
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 1
Before the incident
Manually cleaning sliding sliding strainer.
What happened
While manually cleaning strainers in the AjiPro-L process a ball valve rotated out of the drainpipe so that the lower discharge of would be cleaned. The ball valve was exposed and the employee placed his hand on the open flange and subsequently had his finger in the pinch point as the valve actuated and rotated the ball which impaced the tip of the proximal finger.
Injury or illness
Pinch to right fingers.
Object or substance involved
Ball valve rotating assembly
Summary line
Pinch to Right Fingers caused by Ball valve rotating assembly
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Process technician
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 311119: Animal feed mills (except dog and cat) manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 150
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 2,870,298
- Establishment ID
- 77252
- Employer case #
- IN-2024-06
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 17:45
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-01-29
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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