Soiled Linen Sorter

Crown Health Care Laundry Services; Shalimar (SC); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Crown Health Care Laundry Services is seeking a team member to sort returned, soiled linen into classifications for washing. You will handle heavy bags and stand on a production line, sorting items as they travel along a belt.

The role is on-site in a facility with safety procedures and routine housekeeping as part of daily duties. Responsibilities include ensuring accurate pre-sorting, moving carts for cleaning, and following supervisor directions.

Qualifications

• Duties require ability to sort heavy linen by type.
• Attention to production standards (e.g., 45 bags or 2000 lbs opened per hour).
• Safety-conscious handling of bags and carts.

Responsibilities

• Open customer returned soil bags (about 45 lbs each) and discard plastic, spread items for visibility on the soil belt, and pre-sort classifications as required.
• Staff on the work platform move between positions, sorting material into bins or slots as it travels along the belt.
• Move empty carts to the cleaning area for reuse and assist with general housekeeping as needed.
• Assist with other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Job description

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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