Safety Alert
Energy Lock-Out Procedures
Energy Lock-Out Procedures
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 98-27
- IsolationMachinery and Equipment
- Crushing and pinch pointsHand and finger injuriesMechanical failure
- Inspection and maintenance
- Rotating machinery
- Upstream oil and gas
Summary
A rig worker adjusting pipe spinner power-tong rollers sustained a right-hand injury when a jaw was ejected by pressurised air after he operated the wrench actuator. His hand became trapped between the body and roller. The alert records a lost-time incident.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Rotating machinery; rotating equipment.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Summary
A rig worker was adjusting the front rollers on a set of pipe spinner power tongs.
IADC Alert 98-27. Themes: isolation, machinery and equipment.