Safety Flash
LTI: Finger injury during pilot ladder preparation
LTI: Finger injury during pilot ladder preparation
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 16/17
- Hand and Finger InjuriesLine of Fire
- Dropped objectsHand and finger injuriesHuman factors
- Marine operations
- Risk assessmentSafety communication
- Marine industry
- Port and quayside
Summary
An ordinary seaman injured his little finger when a floodlight bracket dropped onto his hand during pilot-ladder preparation on arrival in port. The flash identifies positioning, technique, limited risk awareness and inadequate handle design as factors, and calls for revised task risk assessments and more effective toolbox talks.
Classifications: Dropped objects; falling objects; DROPS.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Human factors; human performance; ergonomics.
Classifications: Marine operations; maritime operations.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Port and quayside; quayside; harbour; harbor.
Summary
An Ordinary Seaman was injured while rigging the pilot ladder during arrival in port.
IMCA SF 16/17. Themes: hand and finger injuries, line of fire.