Safety Flash
Hand injury sustained by diver
Hand injury sustained by diver
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 05/06
- DivingHand and Finger InjuriesLine of FireManagement of Change
- Crushing and pinch pointsHand and finger injuries
- Diving operationsRigging
- Lifting accessoriesMooring linesWinchWire rope
- Job safety analysisManagement of changeOperating and work proceduresSafety communication
- Marine industry
- Subsea
Summary
A diver’s wrist was trapped against a mooring chain while freeing a jammed transfer sling during CALM buoy installation. The hauling line had been transferred to a tugger winch without informing him. Actions addressed shackle-based rigging, communication, supervisory management-of-change training, formal procedures and preservation of incident recordings.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Diving operations; diving; commercial diving.
Classifications: Rigging; slinging.
Classifications: Lifting accessories; lifting gear; rigging gear.
Classifications: Mooring lines; mooring rope; mooring wire.
Classifications: Winch; winches.
Classifications: Wire rope; steel wire rope.
Classifications: Job safety analysis; JSA; job hazard analysis; JHA.
Classifications: Management of change; MOC; change management.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Subsea; underwater worksite.
Summary
A diver’s wrist was pinned by mooring-chain rigging after an uncommunicated change transferred line tension to a winch.
IMCA SF 05/06. Themes: diving, hand and finger injuries, line of fire, management of change.