# Crushing injuries at Ring Container
> OSHA SIR `2017043515` · 4/19/2017 · KANKAKEE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Stacking machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Ring Container
- **Location:** 1855 America Way, KANKAKEE, ILLINOIS, 60901
- **NAICS:** 621610
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was packing bottles on a palletizer when his left hand was caught between a pallet and the palletizer, crushing four fingers. The palletizer was unguarded at the time.

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