# Crushing injuries at Illinois Bell Telephone Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022021217` · 2/9/2022 · GLENWOOD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Illinois Bell Telephone Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 427 W 195 St, GLENWOOD, ILLINOIS, 60425
- **NAICS:** 517919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pulling mule tape through a duct using a cable take-up reel on the back of a lineman's truck. The employee's left hand was caught and crushed in the cable reel. The employee was hospitalized.

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