Alsco Inc.

An employee was lifting a bag of soiled laundry when they began to experience pain in their abdomen, resulting in hospitalization due to a hernia.

An employee was working on a washer. He was standing behind the machine and walked through the hydraulic absorbent pad. As he walked around the machine he slipped and put his hand down to brace himself. The employee contacted the machine's belt and pulley, resulting in a hand injury. The machine was not guarded at the time of the incident.

An employee was working on a scissor lift near a hook conveyor belt system when a cord from the conveyor belt got stuck on a bolt of the scissor lift causing the lift to fall over. The employee fell from a height of 12 feet to the concrete floor below and sustained a fractured pelvis, broken ribs, an abrasion on a lung, and chipped vertebrae.

A maintenance technician's finger was caught between two gears while he was greasing a machine. He suffered severe damage to his left index and middle fingers.

On 12/6/2017, an employee was attempting to remove a linen sheet that was caught in a sheet folder ironer system when her hand was pulled into the machine and fractured.

An employee was changing a saw blade when the saw machine activated. The employee's left ring and little fingers were amputated.

An employee was clearing a jam from the label cutting machine when their left middle finger was partially amputated.

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.

On December 18, 2023, an employee was loading a truck with cement powder using a silo belt and pulley when the silo motor stopped. The employee attempted to free the silo belt when their right hand was pulled into the pulley, resulting in an index finger amputation and broken thumb.

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 pushing a cart away to make room for laundry when his finger got caught in a conveyor belt and the fingertip was amputated.

An employee sustained fractures to their left index, middle and ring fingers.

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 climbed 3.5 feet onto a washer to change a valve on the back of the washer. As the employee was tightening the valve with a wrench, the wrench slipped and he fell backward off the washer. His back hit a breaker box before landing on the concrete floor. The employee suffered five fractured ribs.

After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.

An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.

An employee was inspecting flares processes. The employee received burns to the front side of the body, face and arm from the flares.

An employee was removing plastic material from a production line when the machine cycled and amputated his left index, ring, and little fingers.

An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.