Safety Flash
Broken right hand index finger
Broken right hand index finger
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 01/11
- Control of WorkHand and Finger InjuriesLine of FirePressure Systems
- Hand and finger injuriesLine of fireMechanical failurePressure systems
- Fluid transfer
- Process pipework and pipelinesPumpsValve
- Operating and work proceduresStop-work authority
- Vessel
Summary
A deckhand suffered a fractured index finger when a pressurised manifold cap was ejected during tank deballasting aboard a vessel. The flash examines an incorrect assumption about line readiness, a damaged Avery Hardoll connection and an absent non-return valve, emphasising procedural compliance and stopping work after abnormal conditions.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Pressure systems; stored pressure; pressurised systems; pressurized systems.
Classifications: Fluid transfer; fluid loading; fluid offloading.
Classifications: Process pipework and pipelines; process piping.
Classifications: Pumps.
Classifications: Valve; valves.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Stop-work authority; stop work; stop-work intervention.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A member has reported an incident in which a worker broke the index finger on his right hand.
IMCA SF 01/11. Themes: control of work, hand and finger injuries, line of fire, pressure systems.