Safety Flash
LTI: Hand injury in galley
LTI: Hand injury in galley
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 09/23
- Hand and Finger InjuriesPersonal Protective Equipment
- Hand and finger injuries
- Hand toolsPersonal protective equipment
- Risk assessmentStop-work authority
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
A cook preparing meat aboard a vessel alongside suffered a serious palm laceration when his knife slipped, requiring surgery to repair three nerves. The flash discusses absent butcher’s gloves, meat temperature, pushing and pulling the blade, and unassessed slipping risk. Lessons address cutting direction, appropriate PPE and lone workers’ stop-work authority.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Hand tools; hand-held tools; handheld tools.
Classifications: Personal protective equipment; PPE; personal protection equipment.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Stop-work authority; stop work; stop-work intervention.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
In a vessel alongside at Christmas, the cook was preparing meat when his knife slipped and jabbed the top left part of the palm of his left hand, causing a serious laceration
IMCA SF 09/23. Themes: hand and finger injuries, personal protective equipment.