Safety Alert
Restricted Work Case Results from Caught Between Incident
Restricted Work Case Results from Caught Between Incident
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 09-11
- Line of Fire
- Crushing and pinch pointsHand and finger injuries
- Manual handling
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Summary
Three workers were instructed to move a mud pump air duct weighing about 80 kg manually between rooms. A fourth employee joined at the destination doorway. While lowering the duct onto the floor, his left middle finger became trapped against a pipe flange, causing swelling at the fingertip.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Manual handling; manual lifting.
Summary
The alert concerns an injury sustained when a worker was caught between objects.
IADC Alert 09-11. Themes: line of fire.