Safety Flash
Serious hand injury
Serious hand injury
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 02/08
- Control of WorkHand and Finger InjuriesLine of FireManagement of Change
- Crushing and pinch pointsHand and finger injuriesLine of fire
- Decommissioning
- Process pipework and pipelines
- Management of changeOperating and work proceduresOperational supervisionRisk assessment
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
A rigging foreman suffered partial amputation of two fingers while rearranging redundant pipelines aboard a vessel to fit a chain stopper. Residual tension made one pipe spring against the other. The flash examines procedural drift during repetitive recovery work, unassessed changes and inadequate supervisory control.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Decommissioning; facility dismantling.
Classifications: Process pipework and pipelines; process piping.
Classifications: Management of change; MOC; change management.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Operational supervision.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A worker suffered partial finger amputations when residual tension caused pipes to move while a chain stopper was being fitted.
IMCA SF 02/08. Themes: control of work, hand and finger injuries, line of fire, management of change.