diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/devices/scanners.dm b/code/game/objects/items/devices/scanners.dm
index 611aa4f320d..fca81c52341 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/devices/scanners.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/devices/scanners.dm
@@ -416,9 +416,13 @@ GENE SCANNER
 	to_chat(user, jointext(render_list, ""), trailing_newline = FALSE) // we handled the last <br> so we don't need handholding
 
 /proc/chemscan(mob/living/user, mob/living/M)
+	if(user.incapacitated())
+		return
+
 	if(user.is_blind())
 		to_chat(user, "<span class='warning'>You realize that your scanner has no accessibility support for the blind!</span>")
 		return
+
 	if(istype(M) && M.reagents)
 		var/render_list = list()
 		if(M.reagents.reagent_list.len)
@@ -465,7 +469,11 @@ GENE SCANNER
 
 /// Displays wounds with extended information on their status vs medscanners
 /proc/woundscan(mob/user, mob/living/carbon/patient, obj/item/healthanalyzer/wound/scanner)
-	if(!istype(patient))
+	if(!istype(patient) || user.incapacitated())
+		return
+
+	if(user.is_blind())
+		to_chat(user, "<span class='warning'>You realize that your scanner has no accessibility support for the blind!</span>")
 		return
 
 	var/render_list = ""