Safety Flash
Jet pump incidents
Jet pump incidents
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 05/03
- Machinery and EquipmentManual HandlingSlips, Trips and Falls
- Human factorsMusculoskeletal health
- Manual handling
- HosePumps
- Human-centred designJob safety analysis
Summary
A worker twisted their left knee while racking jet hose alone on top of a jet pump after colleagues were reassigned to tend a diver. The flash highlights equipment access, adequate deck space, unsuitable working platforms, two-person hose handling and job safety analysis addressing body mechanics.
Classifications: Human factors; human performance; ergonomics.
Classifications: Musculoskeletal health; MSDs; musculoskeletal disorders.
Classifications: Manual handling; manual lifting.
Classifications: Hose; flexible hose.
Classifications: Pumps.
Classifications: Human-centred design.
Classifications: Job safety analysis; JSA; job hazard analysis; JHA.
Summary
A worker twisted a knee while manually routing a hose over a jet pump, exposing inadequate access, space and task planning.
IMCA SF 05/03. Themes: machinery and equipment, manual handling, slips, trips and falls.