# Crushing injuries at EME LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023043473` · 4/18/2023 · VERNON HILLS, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** EME LLC
- **Location:** 875 Corporate Woods Parkway, VERNON HILLS, ILLINOIS, 60061
- **NAICS:** 311991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working in the packaging room and noticed there was plastic film going through the forming area that was folded incorrectly. The employee went to correct the plastic film when his right index finger was crushed in the machine.

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