Safety Flash
Head injury
Head injury
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 10/04
- Control of WorkLifting OperationsLine of FirePersonal Protective Equipment
- Line of fire
- Hand toolsPersonal protective equipmentProcess pipework and pipelines
- Job safety analysisPositive retention and reliable securing
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
A diver sustained a severe head injury during flange alignment aboard a DSV. A drift pin under side-pull tension deformed, escaped and rebounded from a structural member, penetrating his helmet visor. The flash examines the missing task-specific JSA, unsuccessful pin retention and questions for further company review.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Hand tools; hand-held tools; handheld tools.
Classifications: Personal protective equipment; PPE; personal protection equipment.
Classifications: Process pipework and pipelines; process piping.
Classifications: Job safety analysis; JSA; job hazard analysis; JHA.
Classifications: Positive retention and reliable securing.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A drift pin released violently under tension during flange alignment, striking a worker and causing a serious head injury.
IMCA SF 10/04. Themes: control of work, lifting operations, line of fire, personal protective equipment.