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Hydraulic Safety TP
Hydraulic Safety TP
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Industrial Hydraulic Safety
Hazards:
stored energy
• flailing hydraulic hose, ejected components
• maintenance conducted without releasing pressure
• maintenance conducted after incorrectly releasing pressure
temperature
ignition
injection
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Industrial Hydraulic Safety
• Oil adheres to the skin and
the longer the contact, the
deeper the burn.
• Burn injuries are the worst
type of injury from a rehabilitation point of view.
• The rule of thumb is: one day in hospital for each
1% of body area burned.
Employee was burned when a hydraulic hose,
neglected during maintenance, burst and spewed
hydraulic oil, at normal operating temperature,
over his entire body.
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Industrial Hydraulic Safety
Fire and Explosion Risks
of Hydraulic Fluid
• High flash point: 300-600°F
• Under pressure, atomised spray of droplets
may travel a considerable distance from the
break
• Ignites readily by heat source
• Resulting fire is torch-like with very high heat
release rate
• Mist in confined area can explode violently
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Industrial Hydraulic Safety
• 14 days in hospital
• Weekly physiotherapy
• 3 months later, fourth surgery to release little
finger that had curled into palm
• 9 months later, fifth surgery
• Off work for six months
• 3 skin grafts with scarring to thigh and arm
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Industrial Hydraulic Safety
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Industrial Hydraulic Safety
Inspect Hydraulic Equipment
Defective Hydraulic Hoses
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Industrial Hydraulic Safety
Hydraulic Hose Whip
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Industrial Hydraulic Safety
Industrial Accident – High Pressure Line Whip Cut
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Industrial Hydraulic Safety
Summary
• The risks of work with hydraulic systems are not
only of high-pressure puncture accidents, but of
fire, lacerations, severe burns, crushing and
death.
• These risks apply to maintenance workers,
forklift and other hydraulic equipment,
millwrights, and welders, etc.
• Anyone whose work entails the operation of
machines – whether they be milling machines
or bulldozers – that use hydraulic pressure
systems.
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