Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 100405.015 - Employee's skin on hand is removed in laundry folding machin

Accident Summary Nr: 100405.015 -- Report ID: 0627700 -- Event Date: 10/25/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1274634.015	11/01/2017		812332	Linen King, Llc

Abstract: At 6:30 p.m. on October 25, 2017, an English-speaking, 31-year-old employee was working for an industrial laundry company. She was putting patient gowns into a Chicago small piece folding machine. A gown became jammed at the end of the machine. The employee lifted a door to the machine and attempted to clear the jam. Her hand was pulled into the machine. The skin on her palm was pulled off. She was hospitalized.

Keywords: Caught In, Equipment Operator, Hand, Jammed, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Nip Point, Skin

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1274634.015	45	F	Hospitalized injury

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