Safety Flash
Tagline incident
Tagline incident
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 06/03
- Hand and Finger InjuriesLifting OperationsLine of Fire
- Crushing and pinch pointsHand and finger injuriesHuman factors
- Lifting operations
- Operating and work procedures
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
A banksman on a construction ship trapped his fingers when a swinging load tightened a tagline wrapped around a handrail, causing partial finger amputation and rope burns. Revised lifting instructions separated banksman duties from load handling and addressed safe positioning, dynamic forces, securing taglines and avoiding wraps around body parts.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Human factors; human performance; ergonomics.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A banksman’s fingers were trapped by a tensioned tagline wrapped around a handrail while controlling a suspended load.
IMCA SF 06/03. Themes: hand and finger injuries, lifting operations, line of fire.