Safety Alert
Gardner Denver Safety Notice
Gardner Denver Safety Notice
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 99-34
- Machinery and Equipment
- Line of fireMaterial fatigueMechanical failure
- Pumps
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Summary
This alert warns owners and operators of certain Gardner Denver mud pumps about discharge manifold failures. Four failures during operation were reported, apparently involving combined overload and fatigue. Manifold sections were expelled at high velocity, and one report described a minor injury.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Material fatigue; metal fatigue.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Pumps.
Summary
A manufacturer safety notice concerning Gardner Denver equipment.
IADC Alert 99-34. Themes: machinery and equipment.