Grease Gun Injuries

Byrne, John J.

doi:10.1001/jama.1944.02850240015003

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“…The injury described was the result of contact with a high-pressure stream of fuel oil from a diesel engine injector nozzle. Later, Byrne (1944) reported on early injuries sustained by high-pressure grease guns. Early paint gun injuries were reported by Stark et al (1967).…”

Section: Fluid Power Hazardsmentioning

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Relative Safety of Traditional Agricultural Tractor Power TakeâOff (PTO) Drivelines Compared to Fluid Power â A Review

Thomas

Buckmaster²

2003

Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health

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Nearly all tractor PTO arrangements used today consist of a rotating mechanical shaft with two or more universal joints and splined couplings. Although this method of power transfer has been the standard for decades, it continues to be a hazard to farm workers. Commonly, PTO accidents involve the snagging of clothes, resulting in the victim being rapidly and violently drawn into (and around) the rotating shaft. Entanglement injuries are both common and severe in the agricultural workforce, with poor shielding maintenance as a contributing factor. If PTO loads were driven with fluid power, this entanglement hazard would be eliminated. With high-pressure injection injury being the principal hazard, the fluid power alternative appears to pose a lower risk in terms of both frequency of occurrence and severity of injury.

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Relative Safety of Traditional Agricultural Tractor Power TakeâOff (PTO) Drivelines Compared to Fluid Power â A Review

Thomas

Buckmaster²

2003

Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health

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“…(Cases 3, 4, and 5 were treated by me.) Discussion Including the five patients described above there have been 31 cases of high-pressure oil-injection injury recorded in the English literature (Rees, 1937;Dial, 1938;Brooke and Rooke, 1939;Smith, 1939;Hughes, 1941 ;Mason and Queen, 1941 ;Byrne, 1944 ;Bell, 1952 ;Tempest, 1953 ;Vivian and Christian, 1956;Rains, 1958;Harrison, 1959;Innes, 1959;Yaxley, 1960;Stark et al, 1961 ;Bottoms, 1962). In addition brief mention of the condition has been made in specialized textbooks of hand surgery (Bunnell, 1956;Rank and Wakefield, 1960;Clarkson and Pelly, 1962 ;Bailey, 1963).…”

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Grease-gun Injury

Smith¹

1964

BMJ

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Cervicofacial High-Pressure Hydraulic Injection Injury: Report of a Case

Smith¹,

Canady²,

Jons³

1982

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

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\s=b\High-pressure petroleum injection injuries are best known in the distal part of the upper extremity. A recent Medlars search revealed several articles dealing with this type of injury in the hands and wrists, but, as yet, there have been no publications of this type of trauma to the head and neck region. A 35-year-old farmer sustained a high-pressure petroleum injection injury to the lower part of the left cheek and neck. This case might serve as a guide for management of similar cases in the future. (Arch Otolaryngol 1982;108:452-453) Hi gh-pressure petroleum injection injuries were first reported by Rees1 in 1937. Injuries of this type are prepronderantly occupational in na¬ ture and are well known in the upper extremity.212 Characteristically, these wounds appear to be of minor import initially, but progress rapidly to frank necrosis and gangrene. The following case outlines our experience with a high-pressure hydraulic fluid injec¬ tion to the head and neck region. REPORT OF A CASEA 35-year-old farmer sustained a highpressure hydraulic injection of the left cheek and left side of the neck on May 12, 1977. The injury occurred on disconnecting a hydraulic line attached to a tractor. Fluid was injected at a pressure of approximate¬ ly 2,400 psi through a point of entry in the left side of the lower lip.The initial findings were trivial, consist¬ ing of a pinpoint site of entry and minimal tenderness and swelling of the lower part of the left cheek and submandibular trian-

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Grease Gun Injuries

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Relative Safety of Traditional Agricultural Tractor Power TakeâOff (PTO) Drivelines Compared to Fluid Power â A Review

Relative Safety of Traditional Agricultural Tractor Power TakeâOff (PTO) Drivelines Compared to Fluid Power â A Review

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Cervicofacial High-Pressure Hydraulic Injection Injury: Report of a Case

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Grease Gun Injuries

Cited by 16 publications

References 7 publications

Relative Safety of Traditional Agricultural Tractor Power TakeâOff (PTO) Drivelines Compared to Fluid Power â A Review

Relative Safety of Traditional Agricultural Tractor Power TakeâOff (PTO) Drivelines Compared to Fluid Power â A Review

Grease-gun Injury

Cervicofacial High-Pressure Hydraulic Injection Injury: Report of a Case

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Relative Safety of Traditional Agricultural Tractor Power TakeâOff (PTO) Drivelines Compared to Fluid Power â A Review

Relative Safety of Traditional Agricultural Tractor Power TakeâOff (PTO) Drivelines Compared to Fluid Power â A Review