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Health, Safety & Environmental Bulletin No 074
K Parmentier – 01 February 2008
Hand Injury
We have received a bulletin from ABB / ExxonMobil detailing an injury occurring on a site because
the person was not wearing gloves.
Working on site without gloves is completely unacceptable and ExxonMobil have now made it clear
that there will be a zero tolerance policy to anybody found not wearing gloves.
Wear gloves – your hands, and your job depend on it!
DESCRIPTION:
A dispenser Service Technician was scraping decals from a dispenser with a razor scraper in
preparation for replacement. The blade he was using slipped, causing a laceration to the thumb on the
hand that was not holding the scraper. He was not wearing gloves. The laceration required five
stitches and was certainly preventable. He informed his supervisor of the incident and immediately
went to a Medical Clinic for treatment. A JSA for general dispenser work existed and called for
gloves. The technician reported that he knew he needed gloves, and he had some leather gloves on his
truck, he just chose not to wear them.
Decal to be removed Scraper used
