# Multiple traumatic injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, etc. at AmeriHome Inn & Suites
> OSHA SIR `20181212627` · 12/9/2018 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **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.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*