OSHA investigators arrived in Midwest City, OK on Wednesday, November 1st 2017 and began an accident investigation after learning of an incident at Linen King, Llc which had occured on Wednesday, October 25th 2017. 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.