Safety Flash
MAIB: LTI – fingers lost during mooring operations
MAIB: LTI – fingers lost during mooring operations
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 10/25
- Hand and Finger InjuriesLine of FireMarine OperationsVessel and Mooring
- Crushing and pinch pointsHand and finger injuries
- Mooring operations
- Mooring fittingsMooring lines
- Risk assessment
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
A crew member suffered severe finger injuries while resecuring a tender’s mooring rope during a river transfer. Unequal freeboards produced a steep rope angle, and passing-boat wash moved the tender. The flash highlights entrapment risks and conditional assessment of cleat design and fitting for routine operations.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
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: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published Safety Digest 1/2025.
IMCA SF 10/25. Themes: hand and finger injuries, line of fire, marine operations, vessel and mooring.