Hydraulic injection injuries
- Safety Flash
- Published on 31 October 2014
- Generated on 19 January 2026
- IMCA SF 17/14
- 1 minute read
The UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published the following safety bulletin regarding an incident in which someone died as a result of a hydraulic injection injury sustained whilst tensioning the track of a piling rig.
What happened?
A grease nipple became detached from the track mechanism permitting the release of grease under high pressure.
As this issue of has been raised as an IMCA Safety Flash on a number of occasions, we have passed on this alert as a reminder of the potential for such injury when working on any hydraulic machinery or indeed any machinery at all involving high pressure fluids (oils, grease or water) or even compressed air.
The safety bulletin, including further information can be downloaded from hse.gov.uk/safetybulletins/hydraulic-injection-injury.htm.
Related safety flashes
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IMCA SF 06/14
16 April 2014
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IMCA SF 16/09
10 November 2009
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IMCA SF 06/07
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