Safety Alert
Hazards Using Portable Powered Tools
Hazards Using Portable Powered Tools
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 04-24
- Machinery and Equipment
- Regulation and legislation
- Grinding equipmentHand tools
- Machine guarding
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Summary
The alert reports at least two recent instances of portable powered grinders or cutting wheels being used without guards at company sites. It identifies unguarded operation of these tools and saws as a regulatory breach and highlights deaths and serious injuries associated with unguarded tools in the oil and gas industry.
Classifications: Regulation and legislation; safety legislation; regulatory requirements.
Classifications: Grinding equipment; angle grinder; grinding wheel.
Classifications: Hand tools; hand-held tools; handheld tools.
Classifications: Machine guarding; machinery guards; machine guards.
IADC Alert 04-24. Themes: machinery and equipment.