Safety Flash
Near-miss: Drawstring on storm jacket nearly drawn into rotating equipment
Near-miss: Drawstring on storm jacket nearly drawn into rotating equipment
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 04/15
- Machinery and EquipmentPersonal Protective Equipment
- Entanglement
- Rotating machinery
- Safety communicationStop-work authority
- Construction
- Offshore installation
Summary
An offshore construction team fitting pipe supports identified a storm-jacket drawstring hanging close to a magnetic drill’s revolving spindle. Work was stopped before entanglement occurred, drawstrings were removed, and the hazard was shared with crews. The flash recommends alternative clothing without drawstrings as far as possible.
Classifications: Entanglement; caught in machinery; drawn into machinery.
Classifications: Rotating machinery; rotating equipment.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Stop-work authority; stop work; stop-work intervention.
Classifications: Construction; construction industry.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
Summary
A jacket drawstring nearly caught in a magnetic drill, demonstrating an entanglement hazard from unsuitable clothing.
IMCA SF 04/15. Themes: machinery and equipment, personal protective equipment.