# Crushing injuries at UNILEVER ILLINOIS MANUFACTURING, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019032793` · 3/17/2019 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** UNILEVER ILLINOIS MANUFACTURING, LLC
- **Location:** 2816 S. KILBOURNE AVE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60623
- **NAICS:** 311941
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inspecting an overhead conveyor 9 feet above ground level. The employee's hand was entangled and crushed in the tension roller of an overhead conveyor belt.

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