Safety Flash
Don’t put your finger in the wrong place: Failure to isolate equipment causes serious finger injury
Don’t put your finger in the wrong place: Failure to isolate equipment causes serious finger injury
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 13/19
- Control of WorkHand and Finger InjuriesIsolationLine of Fire
- Crushing and pinch pointsHand and finger injuries
- Inspection and maintenance
- Remotely operated vehicle
- Energy and process isolationLockout and tagoutOperating and work proceduresRisk assessment
Summary
An ROV manipulator repair resulted in the loss of approximately 1 cm of a worker’s left index finger while checking clevis and hydraulic shaft alignment. The flash identifies live hydraulics, unconsulted manuals and inadequate task risk assessment, and recommends hydraulic isolation, lockout/tagout and adherence to technical instructions.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Remotely operated vehicle; ROV; underwater robot.
Classifications: Energy and process isolation; isolation; energy isolation.
Classifications: Lockout and tagout; LOTO; lockout/tagout.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Summary
A worker lost part of a finger when hydraulic equipment moved during alignment because the system had not been isolated.
IMCA SF 13/19. Themes: control of work, hand and finger injuries, isolation, line of fire.