# Crushing injuries at Piston Automotive LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018043456` · 4/10/2018 · BELVIDERE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Piston Automotive LLC
- **Location:** 3854 Morriem Dr., BELVIDERE, ILLINOIS, 61008
- **NAICS:** 811198
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was investigating a malfunctioning conveyor belt when his left index finger became stuck and crushed between the belt and the drive pulley.

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