Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221442726

UNIFIRST CORPORATION

Event
Amputated, Amputation, Contact, Electric Motor, Foot, Rotating Parts
NAICS
812331
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345817142
Employer profile
UNIFIRST CORPORATION
Summary number
221442726
Report ID
0552652

Event description

Employee amputates foot on rotating blower motor

Investigation abstract

At 4:00 p.m. on February 18, 2922, an employee was waiting for a blower motor to stop spinning. He contacted the rotating blower motor with his foot, resulting in the amputation of his foot. The employee was hospitalized.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 44 M

    Event type
    1

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