The accident investigation below was opened on Wednesday, November 1st 2017 by OSHA representitives in Midwest City, OK which had occured previously at Linen King, Llc. A 45 year old woman working as a was injured on the job when the employee's skin on hand was removed in laundry folding machin
Accident Date2017-10-25
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 6:30 p.m. on October 25, 2017, an English-speaking, 31-year-old employee was working for an industrial laundry company. She was putting patient gowns into a Chicago small piece folding machine. A gown became jammed at the end of the machine. The employee lifted a door to the machine and attempted to clear the jam. Her hand was pulled into the machine. The skin on her palm was pulled off. She was hospitalized.