Safety Flash
Finger/hand injuries
Finger/hand injuries
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 12/15
- Hand and Finger InjuriesIsolationLifting OperationsLine of Fire
- Crushing and pinch pointsHand and finger injuriesLine of fire
- Cargo transferLifting operationsRigging
- Blowout preventer
- Job safety analysisLockout and tagoutMachine guardingStop-work authority
- Upstream oil and gas
Summary
Two incidents concern a severed finger during blowout preventer ram unlocking and fractured fingers during lifting of a pup joint bundle. The flash identifies absent isolation and communication in the first case, and load proximity and handling deficiencies in the second. Corrective measures include guarding, job hazard analysis and stop-work interventions.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Cargo transfer; cargo handling.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Rigging; slinging.
Classifications: Blowout preventer; BOP; blow-out preventer.
Classifications: Job safety analysis; JSA; job hazard analysis; JHA.
Classifications: Lockout and tagout; LOTO; lockout/tagout.
Classifications: Machine guarding; machinery guards; machine guards.
Classifications: Stop-work authority; stop work; stop-work intervention.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Summary
Two incidents involved a severed finger during BOP operation and crushed fingers during cargo lifting.
IMCA SF 12/15. Themes: hand and finger injuries, isolation, lifting operations, line of fire.