# Crushing injuries at Sky Chefs, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023054073` · 5/6/2023 · DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Airport utility vehicle-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Sky Chefs, Inc.
- **Location:** 200 E Touhy Ave., DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS, 60016
- **NAICS:** 722320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting up wheel chocks on the tire of an aircraft. The vehicle that was going to be used to load catered food onto the aircraft deployed its stabilizing outriggers. The outriggers crushed the first digit of the little toe on the employee's left foot.

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