Safety Flash
Hydraulic sample extruder – finger laceration
Hydraulic sample extruder – finger laceration
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 22/20
- Competence and TrainingHand and Finger InjuriesLine of FireMachinery and Equipment
- Crushing and pinch pointsHand and finger injuriesHuman factorsLine of fire
- Competence and trainingMachine guardingOperational supervisionRisk assessment
- Laboratory
Summary
A laboratory technician injured a finger between a Shelby tube and hydraulic sample extruder ram while stabilising the dolly, resulting in a lost workday case. The flash identifies shortcomings in training, supervision, risk assessment and ergonomic design, and describes revised assessments, improved guarding and controls, and standardisation of equipment.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Human factors; human performance; ergonomics.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Competence and training; competency assurance; safety training.
Classifications: Machine guarding; machinery guards; machine guards.
Classifications: Operational supervision.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Laboratory.
Summary
Whilst using a hydraulic sample extruder in a laboratory, the technician caught and injured his finger between the Shelby tube and extruder ram while trying to stabilise the dolly
IMCA SF 22/20. Themes: competence and training, hand and finger injuries, line of fire, machinery and equipment.