Investigation Report
Worker’s Hand Drawn into Sheave During Crane Boom Cable Lubrication
07-02-2006 17:15 G03079 MI/555 Historic Injury
- BSEE
- Investigation Report
- Unknown
- Crushing and pinch pointsEntanglementHand and finger injuries
- Inspection and maintenance
- CraneWire rope
- Operational supervision
- Upstream oil and gas
Summary
This investigation describes finger injuries during an annual offshore crane inspection. While lubricating the boom cable from the gantry, a new employee’s gloved hand was drawn into a sheave by a splintered wire. The report identifies inadequate visual supervision; the district made no recommendations to prevent recurrence.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Entanglement; caught in machinery; drawn into machinery.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Crane; cranes.
Classifications: Wire rope; steel wire rope.
Classifications: Operational supervision.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.