Safety Flash
LTI: rope under tension moved and hit person’s hand
LTI: rope under tension moved and hit person’s hand
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 05/25
- Hand and Finger InjuriesLine of Fire
- Hand and finger injuriesLine of fire
- Marine operations
- Exclusion zonesOperating and work procedures
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
A crew member sustained serious finger injuries when a tensioned winch rope jumped a slipway side during equipment recovery to a vessel. The flash identifies sea-induced movement, an unrecognised hazard area and unsuitable vessel design, and describes revised work instructions, a recovery no-go area and task redesign.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Marine operations; maritime operations.
Classifications: Exclusion zones; red zones; restricted access zones.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A member of the crew suffered a serious hand injury when struck by a rope under tension.
IMCA SF 05/25. Themes: hand and finger injuries, line of fire.