Safety Flash
MSF: “Pinch point” finger injury during hose handling
MSF: “Pinch point” finger injury during hose handling
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 05/15
- Hand and Finger InjuriesLine of FireMarine Operations
- Crushing and pinch pointsHand and finger injuries
- Lifting operationsManual handlingMarine operations
- Hose
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
This safety flash describes a seaman’s finger injury while securing a fuel-hose saddle on a vessel operating at a platform’s leeside. The hose had been lowered using a bridle. Vessel movement caused by wind and swell shifted the saddle along the railing, pinching his finger against a securing pin.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Manual handling; manual lifting.
Classifications: Marine operations; maritime operations.
Classifications: Hose; flexible hose.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A crewman’s finger was pinched between hose-handling equipment when vessel movement shifted a saddle against a securing pin.
IMCA SF 05/15. Themes: hand and finger injuries, line of fire, marine operations.