MSF: Injuries on mud mixers
- Safety Flash
- Published on 12 September 2013
- Generated on 13 February 2026
- IMCA SF 14/13
- 1 minute read
The Marine Safety Forum has published safety flash 13-27 regarding two hand injury incidents, in which crew members were injured on sharp blades on mud mixing equipment on platform supply vessels.
The first incident occurred during tank cleaning of a mud tank when a crewman lost his footing, and, on putting his hand out to steady himself, sliced his finger through his gloves on the mud mixer blade.
In the second incident, a crewman removed the protective cover fitted on the mud mixer in order to clean it. During this process he managed to rotate the blade into his own leg, causing a cut which required 6 stitches.
Details of the incident are now available on request from the Marine Safety Forum.
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