Safety Alert
Failure to Follow Lockout Procedure Results in Injury
Failure to Follow Lockout Procedure Results in Injury
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 04-14
- Control of WorkIsolation
- Line of fire
- Inspection and maintenanceLifting operations
- PumpsRotating machinery
- Job safety analysisLockout and tagoutPermit to work
Summary
A motorman suffered an upper-arm fracture and severe bruising when a mud-mixing pump motor became energised during removal work and swung into him. The operating chain was thought to have contacted the pump switch. Work had begun without a permit, Lock/Tag/Try or JSA review.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Pumps.
Classifications: Rotating machinery; rotating equipment.
Classifications: Job safety analysis; JSA; job hazard analysis; JHA.
Classifications: Lockout and tagout; LOTO; lockout/tagout.
Classifications: Permit to work; PTW; work permit.
IADC Alert 04-14. Themes: control of work, isolation.