Safety Alert
Unguarded Engine Fan Results in an Injury
Unguarded Engine Fan Results in an Injury
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 05-13
- Machinery and Equipment
- Hand and finger injuries
- Inspection and maintenance
- Rotating machinery
- Machine guarding
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Summary
A mechanic checking a generator’s water level stepped onto the engine mount and used a gap in the radiator fan guard to pull himself towards the radiator cap. The generator was running, and contact between the fan blade and his hand caused cuts and abrasions to four fingers.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Rotating machinery; rotating equipment.
Classifications: Machine guarding; machinery guards; machine guards.
IADC Alert 05-13. Themes: machinery and equipment.