Safety Flash
Fractured finger while handling metal plates
Fractured finger while handling metal plates
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 05/22
- Hand and Finger InjuriesLine of FireManual Handling
- Crushing and pinch pointsHand and finger injuries
- Manual handling
- Magnetic lifter
- Job safety analysisRisk assessmentSafety communication
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
A crew member fractured his little finger when it became trapped between a plate and frame during manual repositioning on deck. The flash identifies unsafe plate design and task assessments that omitted manual handling. Lessons describe temporary handles, magnetic lifting handles as a longer-term solution, and task-specific risk reviews.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Manual handling; manual lifting.
Classifications: Magnetic lifter; magnetic lifting device; electromagnetic lifting device.
Classifications: Job safety analysis; JSA; job hazard analysis; JHA.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A crew member suffered a pinch injury to his right hand baby finger, resulting in a distal fracture.
IMCA SF 05/22. Themes: hand and finger injuries, line of fire, manual handling.