Safety Flash
Lost time incident (LTI): Laceration to finger
Lost time incident (LTI): Laceration to finger
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 01/12
- Hand and Finger InjuriesLine of FireManagement of Change
- Crushing and pinch pointsHand and finger injuries
- Diving operations
- Human-centred designManagement of change
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
A crewman aboard a dive support vessel sustained a serious finger laceration while opening an aft bell moon pool door. A replacement spring made the retaining hook too stiff for foot operation, prompting hand use. Unaddressed modification risks and subsequent rope-operated, hands-free changes are described.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Diving operations; diving; commercial diving.
Classifications: Human-centred design.
Classifications: Management of change; MOC; change management.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A modified spring-loaded hatch hook trapped a crewman’s hand and badly cut a finger during operation.
IMCA SF 01/12. Themes: hand and finger injuries, line of fire, management of change.