Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 112971.015 - Employee is struck by falling pulley and laundry bundle and

Accident Summary Nr: 112971.015 -- Report ID: 0352430 -- Event Date: 08/01/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1334928.015	08/01/2018		333312	Crothall Laundry Services, Inc.

Abstract: At 3:00 p.m. on August 1, 2018, Employee #1 was feeding washed hospital bedding into an industrial ironing machine. Bundles of laundry were moved by an overhead conveyor system and brought to the ironing stations. The laundry was dropped from approximately 17 feet above the ground, into a bin for the machine operators to place into the ironing machines. Two of the bundles were in line together, and one pushed the other off of the track. The bundle and the 13 pound pulley holding it on the conveyor system came off of the conveyor and fell, striking the employee in the back of the head and neck. The employee was not provided with head protection to prevent being struck in the head from the laundry and miscellaneous equipment on the conveyor system. Employee #1 was hospitalized for his injuries.

Keywords: Conveyor, Falling Object, Head, Ironing Machine, Neck, Overhead Protection, PPE, Pulley, Struck By

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1334928.015	48	F	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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