Bratchett v. Braxton Environmental Services Corp.

ORDER

Trenton Bratchett, a former Wisconsin inmate, lost his finger in a tire-shredding machine during his prison work-release assignment at Braxton Environmental Services, a tire-recycling company. He brought this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, asserting that the company and four defendants involved in the prison’s work-release program were deliberately indifferent to his unsafe working conditions. The district court granted summary judgment, and he appeals. We affirm in part, and vacate and remand in part.

From mid-2005 to mid-2006, Bratchett served the final year of his state sentence at…