Safety Flash
Serious hand injury: Worker injured by machinery
Serious hand injury: Worker injured by machinery
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 08/16
- Hand and Finger InjuriesMachinery and Equipment
- Crushing and pinch pointsEntanglementHand and finger injuries
- Inspection and maintenance
- Rotating machinery
- Machine guarding
Summary
This safety flash describes a maintenance worker whose gloved hand was drawn into pinch rollers while rethreading broken plastic sheeting. His right first finger required surgical removal below the knuckle. The HSE investigation found inadequate machinery guarding despite the company having identified the risks; the incident occurred in 2012.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Entanglement; caught in machinery; drawn into machinery.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Rotating machinery; rotating equipment.
Classifications: Machine guarding; machinery guards; machine guards.
Summary
A worker’s hand was drawn into unguarded pinch rollers during maintenance, resulting in loss of a finger.
IMCA SF 08/16. Themes: hand and finger injuries, machinery and equipment.