Safety Alert
Struck By Incident Results in Sprained Ankle
Struck By Incident Results in Sprained Ankle
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 12-06
- Line of Fire
- Line of fire
- Vehicles and driving
- Winch
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Summary
A truck driver’s assistant sustained a sprained ankle when a tank skid struck his foot during unloading with a truck-mounted winch. Forward truck movement tightened the line and shifted the tank slightly while the assistant attempted to disconnect the load line before the manoeuvre was complete.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Vehicles and driving; driving; road transport.
Classifications: Winch; winches.
IADC Alert 12-06. Themes: line of fire.