Safety Alert
Inadequate Engine Fan Guard Results in Lost Fingers
Inadequate Engine Fan Guard Results in Lost Fingers
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 04-18
- Hand and Finger InjuriesMachinery and Equipment
- EntanglementHand and finger injuries
- Inspection and maintenance
- Rotating machinery
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Summary
An employee checking diesel-engine hoses for oil leaks used a rag while bending down in front of the fan. The fan caught the rag and drew his fingers into it, severing four fingers of his left hand to the second joint. The alert identifies inadequate fan guarding in its title.
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
Employee bent down in front of fan on diesel engine.
IADC Alert 04-18. Themes: hand and finger injuries, machinery and equipment.