Safety Flash
Serious hand injury during use of deck scaler
Serious hand injury during use of deck scaler
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 02/11
- Hand and Finger InjuriesIsolationMachinery and Equipment
- Crushing and pinch pointsEntanglementHand and finger injuries
- Inspection and maintenance
- Rotating machinery
- Energy and process isolationMachine guardingOperating and work procedures
Summary
A crew member suffered crush injuries to two fingertips after a glove became caught in an air-driven deck scaler’s drive belt during cleaning. The flash identifies defeated guarding, absent dead-man control and failure to follow airline-disconnection procedures. Further use was prevented pending demonstration of suitable controls.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Entanglement; caught in machinery; drawn into machinery.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Rotating machinery; rotating equipment.
Classifications: Energy and process isolation; isolation; energy isolation.
Classifications: Machine guarding; machinery guards; machine guards.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Summary
A member has reported an incident in which a crew member sustained a serious hand injury while using an air driven deck scaler during maintenance operations on deck.
IMCA SF 02/11. Themes: hand and finger injuries, isolation, machinery and equipment.