# Crushing injuries at Evapco, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021064711` · 6/9/2021 · GREENUP, 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Rolling mills, rolling, calendering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Evapco, Inc.
- **Location:** 1723 YORK ROAD, GREENUP, ILLINOIS, 62428
- **NAICS:** 333415
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a foot-pedal-controlled sheet roller to roll ladder cages. The roller crushed his right index finger and he was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.

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