Safety Flash
Hand injury during retrieval of personal protective equipment (PPE) stored inside a compressor unit
Hand injury during retrieval of personal protective equipment (PPE) stored inside a compressor unit
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 07/14
- Hand and Finger InjuriesMachinery and EquipmentPersonal Protective Equipment
- Crushing and pinch pointsExplosionFireHand and finger injuries
- Personal protective equipment
- Injury reportingRisk assessment
Summary
A contractor injured his index finger when wind slammed a compressor enclosure door during retrieval of stored PPE. The flash examines habitual storage inside machinery, potential fire and explosion hazards, delayed reporting and absent evidence of reassessment before restarting work. Actions require immediate reporting and designated storage away from operational machinery.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Explosion; explosive atmospheres.
Classifications: Fire; fire safety.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Personal protective equipment; PPE; personal protection equipment.
Classifications: Injury reporting.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Summary
A compressor door caught a worker’s finger while he retrieved PPE stored inside the enclosure.
IMCA SF 07/14. Themes: hand and finger injuries, machinery and equipment, personal protective equipment.