Safety Alert
Loose Machine Guarding Results in Minor Injury
Loose Machine Guarding Results in Minor Injury
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 12-18
- Inspection and MaintenanceMachinery and Equipment
- Mechanical failure
- Rotating machinery
- Machine guarding
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Summary
An employee in a shaker house suffered slight heel bruising when grating covering a rotating auger gave way underfoot and fell onto the auger. His foot did not contact the auger, and the emergency stop was activated immediately. The alert identifies potential for serious injury had contact occurred.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Rotating machinery; rotating equipment.
Classifications: Machine guarding; machinery guards; machine guards.
Summary
The alert highlights injury risks associated with loose machine guarding.
IADC Alert 12-18. Themes: inspection and maintenance, machinery and equipment.