Safety Flash
LTI: Hand injury during capstan maintenance
LTI: Hand injury during capstan maintenance
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 12/25
- Hand and Finger InjuriesInspection and MaintenanceLine of FireMachinery and Equipment
- Crushing and pinch pointsHand and finger injuriesHuman factorsLine of fire
- Inspection and maintenance
- Hand toolsRotating machinery
- Human-centred designOperating and work proceduresRisk assessmentSafety communication
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
A crew member suffered a serious hand injury while greasing a vessel capstan when rotation trapped his hand between an underside wire clamp and the deck. The flash examines difficult access and grease-gun design, describing grease-point extensions, clamp removal, revised maintenance procedures and wider inspections for line-of-fire hazards.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Human factors; human performance; ergonomics.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Hand tools; hand-held tools; handheld tools.
Classifications: Rotating machinery; rotating equipment.
Classifications: Human-centred design.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A crew member was injured when their hand was trapped between a wire clamp on the underside of the capstan and the deck.
IMCA SF 12/25. Themes: hand and finger injuries, inspection and maintenance, line of fire, machinery and equipment.