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Dislocation of joints

1 hospitalization · 20171010302 · 10/26/2017 · Crothall Laundry Services, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Elbow(s)
Nature of injury
Dislocation of joints

Cause

Event
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source
Clothes washers
Secondary source
Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts

Employer

Name
Crothall Laundry Services, Inc.
Location
323 E. Upper Wacker Dr., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60601
NAICS
812332
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was removing a finished load of washed laundry from a side-loaded industrial washing machine when the drum spun, catching the employee's shirt sleeve and dislocating the employee's left elbow.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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