Safety Flash
BBC news: Worker loses hand after he was injured with faulty hydraulic cutting gear
BBC news: Worker loses hand after he was injured with faulty hydraulic cutting gear
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 22/19
- Machinery and EquipmentPersonal Protective EquipmentPressure Systems
- Hand and finger injuriesLoss of containmentMechanical failurePressure systems
- HosePersonal protective equipment
Summary
A firefighter suffered a hydraulic-fluid injection injury during a training exercise with cutting equipment. A punctured hose released a fine jet that penetrated his leather safety glove. Swelling and burning developed later that day; tissue damage ultimately led to amputation after 40 operations and a four-year battle.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Loss of containment; containment loss.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Pressure systems; stored pressure; pressurised systems; pressurized systems.
Classifications: Hose; flexible hose.
Classifications: Personal protective equipment; PPE; personal protection equipment.
Summary
A firefighter whose hand was amputated after he was injured by faulty cutting gear has received £1.5m in damages
IMCA SF 22/19. Themes: machinery and equipment, personal protective equipment, pressure systems.