Safety Alert
Cleaning Operating Equipment Results in Hand Injury
Cleaning Operating Equipment Results in Hand Injury
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 04-13
- Hand and Finger InjuriesMachinery and Equipment
- EntanglementHand and finger injuries
- Inspection and maintenance
- Rotating machinery
Summary
An employee cleaning a running pump engine suffered hand and finger injuries near its rotating clutch assembly. The clutch had previously caught and shredded his wiping rag, but he continued working before reporting the near miss. Injuries included a broken middle finger and lacerations requiring stitches.
Classifications: Entanglement; caught in machinery; drawn into machinery.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Rotating machinery; rotating equipment.
Summary
The alert concerns a hand injury sustained while cleaning operating equipment.
IADC Alert 04-13. Themes: hand and finger injuries, machinery and equipment.