Safety Alert
Failure of Counter Balanced Lids for Waste Storage Areas Result in Injuries
Failure of Counter Balanced Lids for Waste Storage Areas Result in Injuries
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 08-04
- Hand and Finger InjuriesMachinery and Equipment
- Crushing and pinch pointsDropped objectsHand and finger injuriesMechanical failureMusculoskeletal health
- Manual handling
Summary
This alert summarises several incidents involving personnel attempting to lift counterweighted lids over waste storage areas. Reported outcomes include back strains, hands and arms becoming trapped beneath lids, and a falling lid striking a head. The supplied text identifies lid failure but gives no detailed causes or preventive measures.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Dropped objects; falling objects; DROPS.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Musculoskeletal health; MSDs; musculoskeletal disorders.
Classifications: Manual handling; manual lifting.
Summary
The alert concerns injuries caused by failed counterbalanced lids on waste storage areas.
IADC Alert 08-04. Themes: hand and finger injuries, machinery and equipment.