Safety Alert
Lack of Proper Tool Results in Finger Injury
Lack of Proper Tool Results in Finger Injury
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 11-27
- Hand and Finger InjuriesMachinery and Equipment
- Hand and finger injuries
- Manual handling
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Summary
An alert describes a maintenance crew member’s finger injury during manual removal of steel grating in an installation’s engine room. The grating section measured 3 ft by 3 ft and weighed approximately 46 kg. The title identifies a lack of a suitable tool.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Manual handling; manual lifting.
Summary
This alert concerns a finger injury associated with using an unsuitable tool.
IADC Alert 11-27. Themes: hand and finger injuries, machinery and equipment.