# Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries at Viakable Manufacturing LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025088579` · 8/27/2025 · LA SALLE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s) and finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Waste management machinery  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Viakable Manufacturing LLC
- **Location:** 2969 Chartres St., LA SALLE, ILLINOIS, 61301
- **NAICS:** 332618
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was stripping wire for scrap when the machine crushed their left thumb and little finger.

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