2004 TWM Hands and Fingers Package Hand Protectors

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Hand and Finger Injuries 2004
WORKING AS A TEAM TO PREVENT HANDS AND FINGER
INJURIES
Rig Tong Hand Protectors
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Rig Tong Hand Protectors Lets STOP the next Hand
Finger Injury

• High percentage of Rig Floor incidents are to
  Hands Fingers
• Rig Tongs are the biggest single cause
• Fitting hand protectors on rig tongs should
  reduce these HF incidents
• Some tongs come with OEM built-in hand
  protectors
• Other tongs have some or no OEM hand protectors
  
• A variety of different retro-fit hand
  protectors are available
• No one type fits all handles of all tongs.
• The following slides show some of the hand
  protectors available

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Type 1
Some tongs have dumbbell hand protectors
handles designed in by OEM fitted to ALL handles
(e.g some Foley tongs)
Other tongs have hand protectors on only some of
the handles (e.g. some Wooley and Varco tongs)
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Type 2
These simple and cheap retro-fit hand protectors
can be used on tong handles that do not have hand
protection designed-in by OEM. They require
minor modification to fit some tong handles.
These were available from Australia, now
superceded by..
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Type 3
These hand protectors can be used with the black
centre bolt to make a dumbbell type handle, or
use only the yellow end pieces to retro-fit them
onto fixed tong handles. They require minor
modification to fit some tong handles. Supplier
Access Oil Tools, USA
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Type 4 Varco Tongs

• Supplied as standard on all new Varco tongs
  All models
• Can be retro-fitted by Varco

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Type 5
KatchKan make a variety of hand protectors
designed for retro-fit onto specific models of
rig tongs. Expensive. Has anybody tried them?
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Type 5 Contd
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Hand and Finger Injuries 2004
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Hand and Finger Injuries 2004
Thank You
Thanks to Dene Hills ODE