Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Aramark Uniform & Career Apparel, LLC, 1035 North Orlando Ave #101, WINTER PARK, FLORIDA 32789
on — Concussions, affecting the brain.
Final narrative
An employee fell while delivering clean linen at a customer's location, suffering a concussion and back, shoulder, and hand pain.
HospitalizedBrainNonclassifiable
More severe injuries at Aramark Uniform & Career Apparel, LLC
An employee opened the front door to a commercial dryer to add some garments. The dryer did not turn off when the door was opened. Garments in the dryer caught her arm, twisting it and tearing tendons in her hand.
On February 14, 2018, around 5:40 a.m., an employee was walking through the plant when a rope from an empty laundry sling tangled around her foot/ankle. The employee bent over attempting to remove the rope from her foot/ankle, lost her balance and fell to the ground. She was hospitalized for a hip fracture.
A route driver was unloading a truck, lost his footing, and fell out of the rear of the truck resulting in an elbow fracture/dislocation. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was standing on the dock plate, helping to unload a truck, when the truck pulled away. He fell from the load dock to the concrete ground, injuring his head and shoulder.
An employee was walking to their truck to look for a lid. When they stepped between the truck and a dock plate, they sustained a knee injury that required surgery.
An employee was standing on plant bed timbers, using a powered hand trimmer to trim the shrubs in the plant bed. The timber gave way, breaking into several pieces. The employee lost balance and fell with the trimmer in his hand. He suffered a severe laceration to the right wrist and hand.
An employee was loading phosphoric acid onto a rail car and preparing to secure the rail car for transport. While repositioning the loadout spout to secure it back to the drip pan holster on the dock, the spout contacted the handrail of the rail car, causing the employee to lose balance. The employee stepped back and their right foot entered the opening for the rail car, causing him to twist/pivot on his left leg. The employee's lower left leg was fractured.
On November 14, 2023, an employee was receiving a delivery from a truck when some of the merchandise fell from the truck s lift and struck him. He then fell to the ground and his head struck the sidewalk, resulting in an injury that required hospitalization.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 812331)
An employee was working to dilute and refill a spray bottle of antibacterial all-purpose cleaner. Some of the corrosive chemical spilled on the employee's shirt that was already wet from water. The employee sustained a bacterial infection and chemical burn to their abdominal area, requiring hospitalization.
An employee was at a customer location making a pickup and delivery of hospital linen. The employee was using the freight elevator to bring a hamper up from the basement to the ground level outside. This elevator has two metal doors that open from the ground to allow the elevator to raise. The employee was on the ground level outside and looking down at the elevator doors as the elevator was on its way up, when the doors jammed together. The employee was freeing the doors with his right hand and the elevator doors closed, causing an amputation to his right middle fingertip.
An employee was throwing blankets onto a blanket folding and stacking machine. A blanket got stuck in the machine and she attempted to remove it when the machine contacted her right little finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
An employee was helping a coworker transport a tall palm tree with a mini skid steer. The employee was severely shocked by a high-voltage electrical wire above the ground.
An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.
An employee was operating an agricultural tractor during sugarcane harvesting. The employee sustained a lumbar sprain due to vibration or motion from the tractor.
An employee was moving a 3-ton condensing unit, strapped down on a dolly, out of a garage. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall backward onto the brick pavered driveway. The employee suffered injury to a spinal ligament in the neck.