Safety Flash
Hand injury: Grease injection into small finger
Hand injury: Grease injection into small finger
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 06/14
- Hand and Finger InjuriesMachinery and EquipmentPressure Systems
- Hand and finger injuriesPressure systems
- Inspection and maintenance
- Hand tools
Summary
This safety flash describes a grease injection injury sustained while lubricating earth-moving plant with a hand-held grease gun. Medical treatment involved a lengthy operation, removal of a forearm vein and replacement with an artificial vein. The account draws on a Marine Safety Forum alert.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Pressure systems; stored pressure; pressurised systems; pressurized systems.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Hand tools; hand-held tools; handheld tools.
Summary
High-pressure grease injection into a finger required extensive surgery, including replacement of a forearm vein.
IMCA SF 06/14. Themes: hand and finger injuries, machinery and equipment, pressure systems.