Safety Alert
Risks to users from firewood processing machines
Risks to users from firewood processing machines
- HSE
- Safety Alert
- OPSTD2-2011
- Line of FireMachinery and Equipment
- Crushing and pinch pointsHand and finger injuriesRegulation and legislation
- Functional testingMachine guardingOperating and work procedures
Summary
HSE warns of inadequate safeguards on some firewood processors following serious hand injuries, including finger amputations. The alert describes cutting and splitting hazards, short guards and an ineffective interlock. It specifies checks on protective devices, conditions for two-hand operation, correct assembly and the limited scope of log-splitter standards.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Regulation and legislation; safety legislation; regulatory requirements.
Classifications: Functional testing; function test.
Classifications: Machine guarding; machinery guards; machine guards.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
OPSTD2-2011. Themes: line of fire, machinery and equipment.