Safety Flash
Cut and bruise to right hand whilst pressure testing
Cut and bruise to right hand whilst pressure testing
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 09/23
- Hand and Finger InjuriesLine of FirePressure Systems
- Hand and finger injuriesLine of firePressure systems
- Pressure testing
- HoseValve
- Operating and work proceduresRisk assessment
Summary
A technician injured his right hand while removing a blanking flange after hydraulic hose pressure testing. Although the panel gauge indicated zero, a check valve trapped residual pressure. The flash recommends a ten-second delay after opening the main pressure valve, a second hose gauge, revised instructions and an updated task risk assessment.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Pressure systems; stored pressure; pressurised systems; pressurized systems.
Classifications: Pressure testing; hydrostatic testing; pneumatic testing.
Classifications: Hose; flexible hose.
Classifications: Valve; valves.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Summary
A technician was pressure testing hydraulic hoses when a release of pressure occurred, knocking his hand onto the wall of the test kit, resulting in a laceration to the palm and a bruise to the back of his right hand.
IMCA SF 09/23. Themes: hand and finger injuries, line of fire, pressure systems.