Safety Flash
Fast rescue boats (Zodiac)
Fast rescue boats (Zodiac)
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 06/01
- Hand and Finger InjuriesLine of Fire
- Crushing and pinch pointsHand and finger injuries
- Marine operations
- Rescue craft
- Job safety analysis
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
This safety flash describes two vessel incidents involving riggers connecting Zodiac rescue-boat lines. One rigger crushed his hand between the boat and a structure; another sustained a hand injury. It highlights routine work by experienced crews and recommends alertness, thinking before acting and, where necessary, job safety analysis.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Marine operations; maritime operations.
Classifications: Rescue craft; fast rescue craft; FRC; fast rescue boat; FRB.
Classifications: Job safety analysis; JSA; job hazard analysis; JHA.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A rigger suffered a crushed hand while connecting lines between a fast rescue boat and vessel structure.
IMCA SF 06/01. Themes: hand and finger injuries, line of fire.