# Crushing injuries at John Boos & Company
> OSHA SIR `2022065459` · 6/22/2022 · EFFINGHAM, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Planing mills
## Employer
- **Name:** John Boos & Company
- **Location:** 3601 S Banker St, EFFINGHAM, ILLINOIS, 62401
- **NAICS:** 337110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working to clear a board that was stuck in a planer. He was on the conveyor when the planer turned on and his left foot got caught in the rollers, which pulled his left leg into the machine. The employee's leg was crushed.

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