Safety Flash
Hand injury from portable grinder
Hand injury from portable grinder
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 09/23
- Contractor ManagementHand and Finger InjuriesMachinery and EquipmentPersonal Protective Equipment
- Hand and finger injuries
- Grinding equipmentPersonal protective equipment
- Contractor managementMachine guardingPre-use checksStop-work authority
Summary
A subcontract worker sustained a 3 cm hand laceration after inadvertently starting a portable grinder during flowline fabrication at a spool base. The flash identifies incorrectly positioned wheel protection, reduced grinder safety features and lower-protection gloves, and recommends guarding checks, consistent subcontractor equipment requirements and appropriate stop-work intervention.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Grinding equipment; angle grinder; grinding wheel.
Classifications: Personal protective equipment; PPE; personal protection equipment.
Classifications: Contractor management; contractor assurance.
Classifications: Machine guarding; machinery guards; machine guards.
Classifications: Pre-use checks; pre-use inspection.
Classifications: Stop-work authority; stop work; stop-work intervention.
Summary
During flowline fabrication work at a spool base, a subcontract worker received a 3cm laceration to the hand while using a portable grinder
IMCA SF 09/23. Themes: contractor management, hand and finger injuries, machinery and equipment, personal protective equipment.