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Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2025043617 · 4/18/2025 · Prent Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Other finger(s) n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries

Cause

Event
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source
Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery n.e.c.
Secondary source
Cleaning handtools n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Prent Corporation
Location
2225 Kennedy Road, JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN, 53545
NAICS
326199
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was using a rag to wipe grease off a chain on a thermal forming machine. The rag caught on a sprocket and pulled the employee's left hand into a pinch point, resulting in a soft tissue avulsion of the little fingertip and fractures in the index and ringer fingers. The machine was in operation at the time of the incident.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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