Safety Flash
Near-miss: Fire axe falls out of cabinet, almost hits a fireman’s toes
Near-miss: Fire axe falls out of cabinet, almost hits a fireman’s toes
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 08/15
- Dropped ObjectsEmergency Response
- Dropped objects
- Hand tools
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Summary
This safety flash describes a near miss in which a fire axe fell 1.5 m from an equipment cabinet and landed blade down a few centimetres from a crewman. He was wearing socks without toe-cap boots while preparing to put on a firefighter’s outfit.
Classifications: Dropped objects; falling objects; DROPS.
Classifications: Hand tools; hand-held tools; handheld tools.
Summary
A fire axe fell from an equipment cabinet and narrowly missed a crewman preparing to don firefighting equipment.
IMCA SF 08/15. Themes: dropped objects, emergency response.