# Amputations at Hotelier Management Service LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022109486` · 10/29/2022 · ORLANDO, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Fabric pressers and ironing appliances
## Employer
- **Name:** Hotelier Management Service LLC
- **Location:** 550 Gills Drive, ORLANDO, FLORIDA, 32824
- **NAICS:** 811490
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was servicing a laundry press with the basket that surrounded the piston in the air to provide access. As the employee was tightening diaphragm bolts, the machine activated and crushed the employee's hands between the hydraulic piston press plate and laundry tub. The employee sustained amputation of the left hand, extensive fractures, and possible amputation of the right hand.

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