Safety Flash
Injured finger during cargo operations
Injured finger during cargo operations
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 16/18
- Control of WorkHand and Finger InjuriesLifting OperationsManagement of Change
- Crushing and pinch pointsHand and finger injuries
- Cargo transferLifting operationsRigging
- Lifting accessories
- Job safety analysisManagement of changeSafety communication
- Marine industry
- Port and quayside
Summary
A crewman suffered serious finger damage while reconnecting a chain-tackle hook during module discharge from a vessel to a quayside trailer. The alternative method used chain tackles to limit horizontal movement. The flash identifies insufficient management of change and the absence of job hazard analysis or a toolbox talk.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Cargo transfer; cargo handling.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Rigging; slinging.
Classifications: Lifting accessories; lifting gear; rigging gear.
Classifications: Job safety analysis; JSA; job hazard analysis; JHA.
Classifications: Management of change; MOC; change management.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Port and quayside; quayside; harbour; harbor.
Summary
A finger was crushed while reconnecting a chain tackle after an alternative cargo-handling method was adopted without adequate planning.
IMCA SF 16/18. Themes: control of work, hand and finger injuries, lifting operations, management of change.