Hand injury: Grease injection into small finger
- Safety Flash
- Published on 16 April 2014
- Generated on 29 October 2025
- IMCA SF 06/14
- 1 minute read
The Marine Safety Forum (MSF) published safety alert 14-07 regarding an incident in which someone using a grease gun managed to inject grease into his arm.
What happened?
The incident occurred when the person was using a hand held grease gun to lubricate various grease points on earth moving plant. Medical attention was sought resulting in a lengthy operation and removal of a vein in the forearm. This was replaced with an artificial vein.
This is quite an unusual incident but it has occurred before.
Related safety flashes
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IMCA SF 16/09
10 November 2009
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