# Amputations at Morselife Health System, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181111352` · 11/3/2018 · WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Washers, dryers, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Morselife Health System, Inc.
- **Location:** 4847 DAVID MACK DRIVE, WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, 33417
- **NAICS:** 623312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing a bed sheet in a laundry compressor. Her right hand was caught in the compressor's rollers, and her right forearm and hand were amputated.

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