Safety Flash
Lack of safety awareness: crush injury during lifting operations
Lack of safety awareness: crush injury during lifting operations
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 05/11
- Hand and Finger InjuriesLifting OperationsLine of Fire
- Crushing and pinch pointsHand and finger injuriesHuman factors
- Lifting operationsManual handling
- CraneWire rope
- Competence and trainingOperating and work proceduresRisk assessmentStop-work authority
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
A lift supervisor suffered a minor hand crush injury while crew repositioned oil drums on a vessel’s deck. A snagged hoist wire caused the drum to trap his hand against a container. The flash identifies missing risk assessments, unfollowed procedures and task-specific training gaps, and reinforces crew responsibility and stop-work authority.
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: Manual handling; manual lifting.
Classifications: Crane; cranes.
Classifications: Wire rope; steel wire rope.
Classifications: Competence and training; competency assurance; safety training.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Stop-work authority; stop work; stop-work intervention.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A member has reported an incident in which a crewman suffered minor crush injuries when his hand was caught between two objects during lifting operations.
IMCA SF 05/11. Themes: hand and finger injuries, lifting operations, line of fire.