Multiple traumatic injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, etc.

Name: Multiple traumatic injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, etc. at AmeriHome Inn & Suites
Start: 12/9/2018

1 hospitalization · 20181212627 · 12/9/2018 · AmeriHome Inn & Suites

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Elbow(s) and arms(s)
Nature of injury: Multiple traumatic injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, etc.

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Clothes washers

Employer

Name: AmeriHome Inn & Suites
Location: 16410 North Freeway, 1073, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77090
NAICS: 721110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was moving items from an industrial washer to an industrial dryer. The employee grabbed the laundry with her right hand. The washing machine kept spinning and the employee's right arm got stuck in the laundry resulting in a dislocated elbow and torn ligaments and tendons.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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