IMCASafety Flash
Hand injury from portable hand-held angle grinder
- Publisher
- IMCA · International Marine Contractors Association
- Type
- Safety Flash
- Reference
- IMCA SF 27/20
- Date
- Themes
- Competence and TrainingHand and Finger InjuriesMachinery and EquipmentPersonal Protective Equipment
Summary
A worker was injured whilst cleaning equipment using a portable handheld angle grinder fitted with a wire brush. The rotating brush caught an edge and kicked into the worker’s gloved left hand. The glove was pulled into the rotating wire brush resulting in a deep abrasion to the hand.
IMCA SF 27/20. Themes: competence and training, hand and finger injuries, machinery and equipment, personal protective equipment.
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