Amputations

Name: Amputations at AC Linen Supply, LLC.
Start: 4/17/2016

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2016043204 · 4/17/2016 · AC Linen Supply, LLC.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Fabric pressers and ironing appliances

Employer

Name: AC Linen Supply, LLC.
Location: 7831 Bartram Avenue, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19153
NAICS: 812320
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance, replacing a ribbon in an ironer. He tried to pull the ribbon by placing the slack end around his finger. The ironer then turned on and lacerated his right middle finger, which was still wrapped around the ribbon.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown