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Accident Summary Nr: 14457030 - EMPLOYEE CRUSHED BETWEEN WASHER AND DOOR JAMB

Accident Summary Nr: 14457030 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 12/04/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
3274040	12/06/1984	7218	0	L & N Uniform Supply Co

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS UNLOADING A PELLERIN-MILNOR WASHER, MODEL #4-WE-300A. THE TUMBLER REVOLVED, CATCHING EMPLOYEE #1 BETWEEN IT AND THE DOOR JAM. THE WASHER HAD THREE CHAMBERS FROM WHICH WET CLOTHING WAS BEING REMOVED. THE WEIGHT OF THE WET MATERIAL CAUSED THE TUMBLER TO REVOLVE AND PIN EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE WASHER-EXTRACTOR. EMPLOYEE #1 SUSTAINED A COMPOUND FRACTURE TO HIS LEFT ARM AND EIGHT BROKEN RIBS. SEVERAL ARTERIES OF HIS HEART WERE ALSO COLLAPSED. EMPLOYEE #1 UNDERWENT HEART SURGERY AT LATTER DAY SAINTS HOSPITAL IN SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH AND WAS LISTED IN CRITICAL CONDITION. HE DIED A SHORT TIME LATER.

Keywords: HEART, FRACTURE, PINNED, CRUSHED, RIB, ARM, ARTERY, WASHING MACHINE, DOOR

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	3274040			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported

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