Dirty Laundry: OSHA Fines Alliance Laundry Systems after Amputation
A 65-year-old-employee’s right middle finger tip was amputated due to a lack of safety guards on a hydraulic press.
OSHA has fined Alliance Laundry Systems after the company returned a hydraulic press to operation without machine safety guards, resulting in an amputation.
The amputation injury, which occurred on July 20 2016, was the second amputation injury at an the global laundry equipment manufacturer in less than two months.
