# Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries at Great Kitchens Foods Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024087565` · 8/16/2024 · CHICAGO HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Conveyors  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Great Kitchens Foods Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 401 East Joe Orr Road, CHICAGO HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS, 60411
- **NAICS:** 311812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was injured when they were power washing under a dump conveyor and got caught between the dump conveyor and frame. The conveyor dropped while the employee was positioned underneath the conveyor and above the support frame. They sustained a crush injury to their trunk, consisting of injuries to multiple body parts.

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