Investigation Report
Finger Injuries While Clearing Shale from Rotating Shaker Auger
03-17-2006 08:00 G24054 MC/204 Injury
- BSEE
- Investigation Report
- Unknown
- EntanglementHand and finger injuries
- DrillingInspection and maintenance
- Rotating machinery
- Job safety analysisLockout and tagoutMachine guardingOperational supervision
- Upstream oil and gas
Summary
A contract employee injured his fingers after losing balance while clearing shale from a shaker auger and contacting its rotating parts. The investigation identifies absent lockout and supervision, a removed cover and inadequate cleaning instructions in the JSA. It records recommendations on guarding, shutdown, training and task planning.
Classifications: Entanglement; caught in machinery; drawn into machinery.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Drilling; well drilling.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Rotating machinery; rotating equipment.
Classifications: Job safety analysis; JSA; job hazard analysis; JHA.
Classifications: Lockout and tagout; LOTO; lockout/tagout.
Classifications: Machine guarding; machinery guards; machine guards.
Classifications: Operational supervision.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.