# Crushing injuries at KELLOGGS
> OSHA SIR `2018021727` · 2/20/2018 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(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, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** KELLOGGS
- **Location:** 750 E. 110TH STREET, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60628
- **NAICS:** 311230
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was transferring a 55-gallon drum with an ergonomic drive lift. Her body was leaning to the left to view the drum placement when her right thumb became caught/crushed in the lift device. She released the drum, which freed her thumb.

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