Safety Flash
Hand injury while using manual torque tool
Hand injury while using manual torque tool
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 13/23
- Competence and TrainingControl of WorkHand and Finger InjuriesLine of Fire
- Crushing and pinch pointsHand and finger injuries
- Hand tools
- Competence and trainingOperational supervisionSafety communicationStop-work authority
Summary
A project engineer assisting with bolt torquing injured his hand when it slipped between a force multiplier’s reaction bar and a gooseneck. The flash identifies gaps in supervision, role briefing, toolbox-talk participation and training, and calls for clear responsibilities, inclusive briefings and understood stop-work authority.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Hand tools; hand-held tools; handheld tools.
Classifications: Competence and training; competency assurance; safety training.
Classifications: Operational supervision.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Stop-work authority; stop work; stop-work intervention.
Summary
A Project Engineer injured his hand while using a manual torque wrench with force multiplier attached
IMCA SF 13/23. Themes: competence and training, control of work, hand and finger injuries, line of fire.