Safety Flash
Arm injury from metal skip cover
Arm injury from metal skip cover
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 16/24
- Line of Fire
- Hand and finger injuriesLine of fire
- Manual handling
- Functional testingPositive retention and reliable securing
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
A crew member suffered an arm injury when an unsecured heavy skip cover closed during waste disposal on a vessel’s deck. No bones were broken, and the person returned to light duties. The flash stresses securing covers, checking closing mechanisms and considering a hazard hunt for similar conditions onboard.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Manual handling; manual lifting.
Classifications: Functional testing; function test.
Classifications: Positive retention and reliable securing.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
Heavy cover of skip unexpectedly and accidentally closed, striking an individual’s arm, causing an injury.
IMCA SF 16/24. Themes: line of fire.