Safety Flash
MSF: Routine task – Badly cut finger changing mop head
MSF: Routine task – Badly cut finger changing mop head
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 05/15
- Hand and Finger InjuriesInspection and MaintenanceMachinery and Equipment
- Hand and finger injuriesMechanical failure
- Inspection and maintenance
- Hand toolsWinch
- Functional testingManagement of change
Summary
A crew member cut his left index finger while using a pocket knife to remove glue during mop-head replacement, requiring surgery for tendon and nerve damage. The flash highlights unmanaged task changes. Additional supplied pages discuss a winch-brake failure with an uncertain cause and manufacturer checks for brake release and load transfer.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Hand tools; hand-held tools; handheld tools.
Classifications: Winch; winches.
Classifications: Functional testing; function test.
Classifications: Management of change; MOC; change management.
Summary
The available text describes checks for winch brake operation intended to prevent recurrence of equipment failure.
IMCA SF 05/15. Themes: hand and finger injuries, inspection and maintenance, machinery and equipment.