Safety Flash
Trapping incident related to mooring system
Trapping incident related to mooring system
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 05/03
- Hand and Finger InjuriesLine of FirePersonal Protective EquipmentVessel and Mooring
- Crushing and pinch pointsEntanglementSlips, trips and falls
- Mooring operations
- Mooring linesPersonal protective equipmentWinch
- Risk assessment
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
A platform supply vessel crew member fractured his forearm during mooring preparation using an anchor/mooring windlass. After losing his footing while adding a third rope turn, his glove became trapped and his forearm was drawn into the drum end. The company advised reviewing task-based risk assessments and examining glove fit.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Entanglement; caught in machinery; drawn into machinery.
Classifications: Slips, trips and falls; same-level falls.
Classifications: Mooring operations; berthing; unmooring.
Classifications: Mooring lines; mooring rope; mooring wire.
Classifications: Personal protective equipment; PPE; personal protection equipment.
Classifications: Winch; winches.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A worker’s arm was drawn into a mooring drum after a glove caught on the rope during routine preparation for berthing.
IMCA SF 05/03. Themes: hand and finger injuries, line of fire, personal protective equipment, vessel and mooring.