Safety Flash
Two recent cases of hand and arm injuries
Two recent cases of hand and arm injuries
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 07/12
- Hand and Finger InjuriesLine of FireVessel and Mooring
- Crushing and pinch pointsEntanglementHand and finger injuries
- Mooring operations
- Mooring fittingsMooring lines
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
This safety flash summarises two hand and arm injuries reported by the Marine Safety Forum. A crewman cut his palm on a sharp steel burr on a door finishing strip. During mooring, another crewman’s hand became trapped between a mooring line and roller fairlead, twisting and fracturing his arm.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Entanglement; caught in machinery; drawn into machinery.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Mooring operations; berthing; unmooring.
Classifications: Mooring fittings; cleats; bollards.
Classifications: Mooring lines; mooring rope; mooring wire.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
Two incidents involved hand injuries from a sharp door burr and entrapment in mooring equipment.
IMCA SF 07/12. Themes: hand and finger injuries, line of fire, vessel and mooring.