# Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries at 3M Company
> OSHA SIR `2025076764` · 7/13/2025 · MENOMONIE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), finger(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Bending, rolling, shaping, stamping machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Cleaning handtools  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** 3M Company
- **Location:** 1425 Stokke Parkway, MENOMONIE, WISCONSIN, 54751
- **NAICS:** 326113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At about 10:00 a.m. on July 13, 2025, an employee was cleaning the adhesive from running rollers using a rag soaked in cleaning solvent to prevent contamination. The rag was caught between two rollers and pulled the employee's right hand between the rollers. The employee sustained right hand crushing injuries, de-gloving injuries (palmer and dorsal sides), and fractures. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

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