A laundry worker was killed instantly when he was struck by a piece of metal ejected from a water extractor machine. He was one of about 75 workers covering a day and an evening shift. Laundry was received in bags, sorted, washed, dried, ironed, folded and packed in this laundry plant. Newer washing machines in use had wash, rinse and spin cycles. Older machines just washed, rinsed and drained water. The laundry was then transferred to a centrifugal extractor machine to spin away excess water before drying. This machine had a five-foot (1.5-meter) diameter drum about 2.5 feet (.75 meters) deep. […]