Safety Flash
LTI: cut to hand from protruding hose clip (Marine Safety Forum)
LTI: cut to hand from protruding hose clip (Marine Safety Forum)
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 13/18
- Competence and TrainingHand and Finger InjuriesLine of Fire
- Hand and finger injuries
- Manual handling
- Marine industry
- Vessel
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Summary
A crew member carrying boxes through a vessel’s galley cut his hand on a protruding hose clip. The vessel returned to port for hospital treatment, and he was declared unfit for work for seven days. The sharp edge was covered; limited awareness of the new work area’s hazards was considered likely.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Manual handling; manual lifting.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A crew member cut a hand on a protruding hose clip while carrying boxes through a galley.
IMCA SF 13/18. Themes: competence and training, hand and finger injuries, line of fire.