Alert 09 – 12 Lack of Attention While Using a Sledge Hammer Results in a Mashed Finger

Alert 09 – 12 Lack of Attention While Using a Sledge Hammer Results in a Mashed Finger

WHAT HAPPENED:

The injured person (IP) was using a hammer to break loose a mud pump liner nut. He missed the lug on the liner nut and the hammer glanced off of a divider between the cylinders. This resulted in the employee’s finger to be mashed between the hammer handle and the divider plate.