Safety Flash
Person injured when pry bar slipped
Person injured when pry bar slipped
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 06/26
- Hand and Finger InjuriesHuman FactorsLine of Fire
- Hand and finger injuriesHuman factorsSlips, trips and falls
- Inspection and maintenanceManual handling
- Hand toolsPersonal protective equipment
- Job safety analysis
Summary
A crew member fractured a right-hand knuckle after a pry bar slipped while refitting a dislodged vehicle track. The flash discusses circumstantial pressure from worsening weather, amendments to the job safety analysis and the possibility that impact gloves might have reduced injury severity without preventing it.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Human factors; human performance; ergonomics.
Classifications: Slips, trips and falls; same-level falls.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Manual handling; manual lifting.
Classifications: Hand tools; hand-held tools; handheld tools.
Classifications: Personal protective equipment; PPE; personal protection equipment.
Classifications: Job safety analysis; JSA; job hazard analysis; JHA.
Summary
A crew member who was applying downward pressure to their pry bar to lift a track, fell towards the deck when the pry bar slipped.
IMCA SF 06/26. Themes: hand and finger injuries, human factors, line of fire.