Safety Alert
Dropped Object: Hammer is Kicked from Work Basket
Dropped Object: Hammer is Kicked from Work Basket
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 14-27
- Dropped Objects
- Crushing and pinch pointsDropped objects
- Hand toolsPersonal protective equipment
- Upstream oil and gas
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Summary
An alert describes a 5 pound (2.3kg) shop hammer accidentally kicked from a work basket during preparations to nipple down an annular. It travelled approximately 10 feet (3 metres) down and struck another employee’s hard hat, creating a pinch point with his safety glasses and causing a laceration below his left eyebrow.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Dropped objects; falling objects; DROPS.
Classifications: Hand tools; hand-held tools; handheld tools.
Classifications: Personal protective equipment; PPE; personal protection equipment.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
IADC Alert 14-27. Themes: dropped objects.