Safety Flash
LTI: Finger injury while using ‘safe hands’ tool
LTI: Finger injury while using ‘safe hands’ tool
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 02/18
- Hand and Finger InjuriesLifting OperationsLine of Fire
- Crushing and pinch pointsHand and finger injuriesHuman factors
- Lifting operations
- Hand tools
- Risk assessmentSafety communicationStop-work authority
Summary
A crewman lost a fingertip when his hand was trapped between a scaffold rack and a ‘safe hands’ tool while positioning a container during a blind lift. The flash identifies an unrecognised gap hazard and attention directed away from the hand, and records stopping operations and reviewing practices and risk assessment.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Human factors; human performance; ergonomics.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Hand tools; hand-held tools; handheld tools.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Stop-work authority; stop work; stop-work intervention.
Summary
Step Change in Safety reports an incident in which a crewman sustained a finger injury while using a ‘safe hands’ tool to manoeuvre a container into place
IMCA SF 02/18. Themes: hand and finger injuries, lifting operations, line of fire.