# Crushing injuries at Ventura Foods, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017098892` · 9/16/2017 · THORNTON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Elevators, hoists, aerial lifts, personnel platforms-except truck-mounted, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Ventura Foods, LLC
- **Location:** 201 Armory Drvive, THORNTON, ILLINOIS, 60476
- **NAICS:** 311423
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a box from under a hydraulic lift. The lift dropped when the box was removed and crushed the employee's arm.

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