# Crushing injuries at Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018054824` · 5/17/2018 · PEORIA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Plastic injection molding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc.
- **Location:** 2004 N. UNIVERSITY ST., PEORIA, ILLINOIS, 61604
- **NAICS:** 311511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting a blow molding milk container machine when it closed on and smashed the employee's right pinky, resulting in hospitalization and surgery.

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