Safety Flash
MAIB: LTI – a wedge shattered causing injury
MAIB: LTI – a wedge shattered causing injury
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 15/24
- Human FactorsLine of Fire
- Line of fireMechanical failure
- Marine operations
- Hand tools
- Pre-use checks
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
A cargo-vessel crew member struck a hatch-cover securing wedge with a sledgehammer. The wedge shattered, and a fragment penetrated their right leg below the knee, resulting in three days off work. The flash prompts equipment and work-area checks and consideration of force, swing alignment and direction.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Marine operations; maritime operations.
Classifications: Hand tools; hand-held tools; handheld tools.
Classifications: Pre-use checks; pre-use inspection.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch has published Safety Digest 1/2024, consisting of lessons from recent Marine Accident Reports.
IMCA SF 15/24. Themes: human factors, line of fire.