Soiled Laundry Sorter at Crown Health Care Laundry Services

Soiled Laundry Sorte

Job Summary:

The primary purpose of this position is to sort returned, soiled linen into appropriate classifications in preparation for washing.

Duties & Essential Job Functions

• Open customer returned soil bags (bags weigh ~45 lbs.), discard plastic, spread product out to allow for visibility on soil belt. Pre-sort classifications as required. Production standard are 45 bags or 2000 lbs. opened per hour for each operator.
• Operators located on the work platform float between multiple positions moving up and down the belt sorting into the appropriate bins or slots.
• Move empty carts to appropriate area for cleaning and reuse.

Other Functions and Responsibilities

• Any other duties as assigned or deemed necessary.

Decisions the incumbent must seek approval for prior to execution

• Anything unusual or outside of normal operations

Decisions the incumbent may decide and execute without prior approval

• If an attendant sees something in the soil bag other than regular items, they must dispose of it appropriately.
• Call maintenance for repair of equipment if something is not working correctly.
• Tag broken carts for maintenance to repair

Qualifications

Required Licenses / Certificates

Physical Requirements / Work Environment

Check the frequency and number of hours a day the worker is required to do the following specific activities

Activity

Frequency

Hours

Continuous

Intermittent

1-4

4-8

8+

Sitting

Walking

X

X

Bending

X

X

Standing

X

X

Climbing

Kneeling

Twisting

X

X

Lifting

0 to 10 lbs

10 - 50 lbs

50 - 100 lbs

Over 100 lbs

X

Pulling / Pushing Force

0 to 5 lbs

5 - 10 lbs

10 - 20 lbs

Over 20 lbs

X

Hand Manipulation (check those that apply)

Simple Grasping

Right Hand

X

Left Hand

X

Power Grasping

Right Hand

X

Left Hand

X

Pushing / Pulling

Right Hand

X

Left Hand

X

Fine Manipulation

Right Hand

Left Hand

Other Physical Requirements

Check if applies

Frequency / Description

Requires reaching above shoulders

Requires reaching at or below shoulders

X

Picking up bags from inside bins and placing them on table where they proceed to break bags open

Requires use of feet to operate foot controls

Special visual or auditory requirements

Work Environment

The employee works near moving mechanical parts; in high precarious places; and outside in weather conditions

Employee is exposed to fumes or airborne particles

Employee will be working in non-conditioned facility which may entail extreme heat in summer and extreme cold in winter

X

Blood / Fluid Exposure Risk (check the correct category

Category 1

Tasks involve exposure to blood, fluids, or tissue

X

Category 2

Usual tasks do not involve exposure to blood, body fluid, or tissues but job may require performing unplanned Category 1 tasks

Category 3

Tasks involve no exposure to blood, body fluids, or tissues

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