Safety Alert
Gloved Hand Caught in Pipe Spinner Results in Injury
Gloved Hand Caught in Pipe Spinner Results in Injury
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 12-26
- Hand and Finger InjuriesLine of FireMachinery and Equipment
- Crushing and pinch pointsEntanglementHand and finger injuries
- Drilling
- Personal protective equipmentRotating machinery
- Upstream oil and gas
Summary
A floor man assisting with drill-pipe handling placed his right hand on the pipe for leverage while pulling a spinner with his left hand. When the spinner engaged, his glove caught in its chain, drawing his hand into the jaws and causing multiple middle-finger fractures.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Entanglement; caught in machinery; drawn into machinery.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Drilling; well drilling.
Classifications: Personal protective equipment; PPE; personal protection equipment.
Classifications: Rotating machinery; rotating equipment.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
IADC Alert 12-26. Themes: hand and finger injuries, line of fire, machinery and equipment.