something to think about re. tracked chippers

[Ray]

Hydraulic injection injury

[fergusonforestry]

won't let me open link for some reason but i remember hearing of a young lad who's response to a burst hose was to put his hand over it! right through his arm! he was lucky they managed to flush it and save the arm

[Hodge]

Nasty.

[Brushcutter]

Google image search hydraulic fluid injection and take a look at the pictures. It's absolutely horrid if you don't catch it in time. Something i make everyone who goes near anything hydraulic aware of as its easily done and worst case is fatal.

[Little Steven]

Google image search hydraulic fluid injection and take a look at the pictures. It's absolutely horrid if you don't catch it in time. Something i make everyone who goes near anything hydraulic aware of as its easily done and worst case is fatal.

 

constantly aware of it in the bucket, catching the hoses in the tree!

Fortunately when had bursts its been contained within sleeves

Little Steven:thumbdown:

[Ray]

won't let me open link for some reason but i remember hearing of a young lad who's response to a burst hose was to put his hand over it! right through his arm! he was lucky they managed to flush it and save the arm

 

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A maintenance fitter died from hydraulic injection injury sustained whilst tensioning the track of a piling rig. The grease nipple became detached from the track mechanism permitting the release of grease under high pressure. This alert reminds the target audience of the potential for such injury when working on any hydraulic machinery.

[treequip]

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A maintenance fitter died from hydraulic injection injury sustained whilst tensioning the track of a piling rig. The grease nipple became detached from the track mechanism permitting the release of grease under high pressure. This alert reminds the target audience of the potential for such injury when working on any hydraulic machinery.

 

You have a better chance of injury from any old chipper rather than tracked. The circumstance described is rare indeed.

[hiluxstihl]

Possible with almost any machine, routine maintenance and the essential cop on...

[Breezeblock]

tracked chipper have rubber tracks on them and generally don't have the same high pressure in the adjuster as most don't have a recoil spring like metal tracks there is also a one way valve in the adjuster so that when you put grease into them it can't get back out there must have been something done wrong in tensioning the tracks

[Matthew Storrs]

I had a hydraulic connector fitting 'blow' near my the other day whilst using the post driver, it squirted a fine spray over a fair distance, I was lucky it missed my hand. But this is something I'm always aware off when around hydraulics.

I assume if it happens, you will know about it straight away??