# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at MetalTek International, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025087596` · 8/1/2025 · WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Dies, molds, patterns
## Employer
- **Name:** MetalTek International, Inc.
- **Location:** 905 East St. Paul Avenue, WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN, 53188
- **NAICS:** 331513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was turning off a gas valve when he bumped into a die brush and struck the spinning die. The die pin struck him on the back, resulting in contusions, abrasions, and a severe laceration to his back that required hospitalization and surgery.

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