Safety Flash
Three hand injuries
Three hand injuries
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 14/19
- Control of WorkHand and Finger InjuriesIsolationMachinery and Equipment
- Hand and finger injuriesMechanical failure
- Rotating machinery
- Lockout and tagoutMachine guardingOperating and work proceduresRisk assessment
Summary
This safety flash summarises HSE findings concerning three companies and serious hand injuries involving saws, a planer thicknesser and defective hydraulic cutters. It describes failures in machinery guarding, risk assessment and safe working arrangements, alongside inconsistent lock-off and isolation procedures. One company’s account includes two separate finger-amputation incidents.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Rotating machinery; rotating equipment.
Classifications: Lockout and tagout; LOTO; lockout/tagout.
Classifications: Machine guarding; machinery guards; machine guards.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Summary
Three cases involved amputations caused by unguarded cutting machinery and failure to isolate defective hydraulic equipment.
IMCA SF 14/19. Themes: control of work, hand and finger injuries, isolation, machinery and equipment.