# Crushing injuries at Caterpillar Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022021674` · 2/22/2022 · MAPLETON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Caterpillar Inc.
- **Location:** 8826 W US HWY 24, MAPLETON, ILLINOIS, 61547
- **NAICS:** 331511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working at a core machine. The top plate of the machine fell onto the employee's left-hand fingers, crushing them.

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