Pratt Retail Specialties, LLC

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified — VANDALIA, OHIO

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Pratt Retail Specialties, LLC in VANDALIA, OHIO
Employer Pratt Retail Specialties, LLC Report ID 2025076568
Address 2800 Old Springfield Road City, State ZIP VANDALIA, OHIO 45377
Event Date July 8, 2025 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified Body Part Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Event Type Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing Source of Injury Cutters, slitters, winders paper production
Secondary Source Secondary source not applicable
Industry (NAICS) 424110 Inspection # 1837215
GPS Coordinates 39.90000, -84.23000

Incident Narrative

An employee was performing a paper roll change at a paper sheeter machine. He was turning a non-driven unwind stand and the roll by hand when his left little fingertip got pinched between a machine depression in the chuck and the sensor. The employee's fingertip was partially amputated.

Incident Summary

On July 8, 2025, a worker at Pratt Retail Specialties, LLC in VANDALIA, OHIO suffered amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified to the finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s). The incident was classified as struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing, with cutters, slitters, winders paper production identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

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