Sienna suffered friction burns to her body and doctors say she is lucky to still have her fingers intact. Picture: 7 News

HER injuries are horrific. Her skin torn from her tiny body, her pain unimaginable.

The devastating result of a home accident.

Three-year-old Sienna has needed emergency skin grafts during a lengthy surgery and will have to wear a compression garment for at least two years after she was caught in her home treadmill, reports Kidspot.

Her mum, Kelly Gay, 35, from Perth says that Sienna was dragged under at maximum speed after she became entangled in the treadmill.

“Her stomach was all just pink, her hand looked like had been through a meat grinder,” Kelly said.

“I just lost it and screamed ‘her hand, her hand’.”

Sienna’s body was dragged under the conveyor belt at 22km/h after her brother accidentally turned the machine on. Picture: 7 NewsSource:Supplied

Sienna suffered friction burns to her body and doctors say she is lucky to still have her fingers intact, reports Perth Now.

Her body was dragged under the conveyor belt at 22km/h after her brother accidentally turned the machine on.

“There’s a chance she could’ve been pulled right under the belt and that would’ve got from head to toe, so we’re lucky (Sienna’s dad) was there and got to her quick enough,” Ms Gay said.

“It could’ve been so much worse.”

Sienna’s mum told Fairfax Media she was on the phone when she heard a piercing scream come from her children’s toy room.

“I ran inside … I was at first a little confused as to what I was exactly seeing,” she said.

“As I went further into the house I heard Sienna crying and screaming, [and saw] my husband spinning around on his back on the treadmill … I initially thought he was playing with the kids.

“I quickly worked out that the treadmill belt was actually spinning and my husband was on it trying to stop it.”

Sienna suffered friction burns to her body and doctors say she is lucky to still have her fingers intact.Source:Supplied

Kelly says she quickly pulled the safety key from the machine, and Sienna was pulled out by her husband.

“After shutting the treadmill off I ran back into the kitchen area and for the first time really looked at my daughter and her injuries … what a horrific sight.”

The little girl, from Port Headland, was rushed to hospital, and then transferred to Perth for a two-hour surgery.

Kelly said the three-year-old has nightmares about the ordeal, and will now need to wear a compression burns suit for at least two years.

They find out on Wednesday if Sienna will need further surgery during that time period.

Kelly said she has spoken out to warn others not to be complacent around treadmills.

“I don’t think anyone can fully explain the affects something like this has on them … please take the safety key out of your home treadmill and put it under lock and key if you have young children,” she told Fairfax Media.

“I always hide mine but the one time I got complacent this happened and I can tell you, no parent wants to or should have to see their child go through what mine is going through … I always told my kids to stay away from my treadmill as it wasn’t a toy but I never in my wildest dreams thought that a treadmill belt was capable of such bad burns.

Consumer Protection WA acting commissioner David Hillyard said that about a dozen children a year are seriously injured by friction burns a year.

“In more severe cases, children have needed skin grafts and have permanently lost the normal use of their fingers and hands due to treadmill accidents,” he told WA Today.

“Consumers need to be cautious when using treadmills when there are children in the home. The best solution is to keep the treadmill in a separate room that can be closed off to children, or use barriers to keep children away. If not being used, treadmills should be unplugged from the power socket.”

This article originally appeared on Kidspot.