IMCASafety Flash
Agitator started moving during mud tank cleaning – leading to injury
- Publisher
- IMCA · International Marine Contractors Association
- Type
- Safety Flash
- Reference
- IMCA SF 12/20
- Date
- Themes
- Confined SpaceContractor ManagementIsolationLine of Fire
Summary
An agitator in a mud tank started up when an employee of a third-party contractor working in the tank was in the way. He was hit by the agitator paddle in his lower back and fell to the tank floor.
IMCA SF 12/20. Themes: confined space, contractor management, isolation, line of fire.
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