Safety Flash
Finger injury whilst casting off towing line
Finger injury whilst casting off towing line
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 02/08
- Hand and Finger InjuriesLine of Fire
- Crushing and pinch pointsHand and finger injuries
- Towing
- Mooring fittings
- Risk assessment
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
A crew member injured fingers while releasing a towing line from a vessel’s forecastle bollard. Sudden swell moved the vessel astern, tensioning the line and trapping the hand. The flash highlights weather-aware risk assessment and the use of a warping drum or, where unavailable, rope or chain stoppers.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Towing; towage.
Classifications: Mooring fittings; cleats; bollards.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A crew member’s fingers were trapped when a towing line unexpectedly came under tension during casting off.
IMCA SF 02/08. Themes: hand and finger injuries, line of fire.