# Crushing injuries at Aaron Thomas Company Inc
> OSHA SIR `2019021885` · 2/20/2019 · CREST HILL, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Aaron Thomas Company Inc
- **Location:** 21561 Division Street, CREST HILL, ILLINOIS, 60403
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a bailer machine when it crushed his arm.

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