Safety Flash
Hose management and chemicals: crew person felt ill
Hose management and chemicals: crew person felt ill
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 02/22
- Hazardous SubstancesOccupational Health
- Hazardous substancesOccupational health
- Fluid transfer
- Hose
- Operating and work procedures
Summary
An engineer coughed and felt unwell while flushing a hose before filling a cooling-water system, with no long-term ill-effects. The member attributed the incident to poor hose management: residual cooling agent remained after previous use. Actions included separate hoses for cooling agent and non-potable water, plus flushing and drying before storage.
Classifications: Hazardous substances; hazardous chemicals; chemical exposure.
Classifications: Occupational health; worker health.
Classifications: Fluid transfer; fluid loading; fluid offloading.
Classifications: Hose; flexible hose.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Summary
Whilst filling a bucket from a hose, someone was adversely affected by the contents of the hose.
IMCA SF 02/22. Themes: hazardous substances, occupational health.