Safety Flash
Line of fire: Cutting injury to index finger
Line of fire: Cutting injury to index finger
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 16/19
- Control of WorkHand and Finger InjuriesLine of Fire
- Hand and finger injuriesLine of fire
- Hand toolsPersonal protective equipment
- Risk assessment
Summary
A crew member injured his left index finger and ring finger when a safety knife slipped while stripping a core conductor. The flash identifies inadequate risk assessment and absent pre-task assessment, and describes alternative tooling and techniques alongside task-specific tool selection and suitable protective equipment.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Hand tools; hand-held tools; handheld tools.
Classifications: Personal protective equipment; PPE; personal protection equipment.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Summary
A safety knife slipped while removing cable sheathing, causing lacerations to a worker’s fingers.
IMCA SF 16/19. Themes: control of work, hand and finger injuries, line of fire.