# Crushing injuries at KENMODE TOOL AND ENGINEERING, INC.
> OSHA SIR `20171211872` · 12/14/2017 · ALGONQUIN, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** KENMODE TOOL AND ENGINEERING, INC.
- **Location:** 820 W. Algonquin Road, ALGONQUIN, ILLINOIS, 60102
- **NAICS:** 332116
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a new punch press when a piece of the machinery tipped backward and crushed the employee's middle fingers, requiring hospitalization.

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