Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Avulsions, enucleations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Alsco Uniforms, 1213 South Division Avenue, ORLANDO, FLORIDA 32805
on — Avulsions, enucleations, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was working at a laundry conveyor system, moving linen from the conveyor system to a cart. She was trying to free a stuck piece of plastic from the system when her right hand was caught in a pinch point. She suffered a laceration and avulsion.
A maintenance technician was investigating a noise coming from a conveyor. His left hand was caught by a roller and pulled in up to the forearm. The employee's forearm was fractured.
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 using a ladder to access the top of a boiler while being assisted by another employee. The employee on top of the ladder removed the manhole cover from the boiler when residual steam buildup and some hot water contacted both employees, resulting in burns to their necks, backs, arms, and legs.
Two employees were repairing the hydraulic engagement pins on a rented front-end wheel loader. The machine controls were activated to move the attachment pins and an employee's finger was caught between the pins and the bushings. Their right index finger was partially amputated.
An employee was cleaning the conveyor on a piece of equipment when they slipped and their right hand was pulled into the chain sprocket. The employee's fifth fingertip was amputated.
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.
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