# Crushing injuries at Battery Builders , LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023032723` · 3/27/2023 · NAPERVILLE, 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:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Battery Builders , LLC
- **Location:** 31 W 238 91ST ST., NAPERVILLE, ILLINOIS, 60567
- **NAICS:** 335911
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing routine maintenance and cleaning on a dirty water evaporator. The employee went to unclog the pipe and manually opened the fill valve. The pneumatic fill valve then closed on their right index finger, crushing it.

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