# Crushing injuries at Valley Fastener Group, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022109039` · 10/14/2022 · NAPERVILLE, 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:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Valley Fastener Group, LLC
- **Location:** 5S250 Frontenac Road, NAPERVILLE, ILLINOIS, 60563
- **NAICS:** 332722
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a die from a machine when his foot came off the brake. The die came down and crushed his right thumb.

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