Safety Flash
Hand crushed during coiled tubing reel handling
Hand crushed during coiled tubing reel handling
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 16/25
- Hand and Finger InjuriesLifting OperationsLine of Fire
- Crushing and pinch pointsHand and finger injuriesRisk management
- Lifting operations
- Competence and trainingOperating and work proceduresRisk assessmentSafety communication
- Upstream oil and gas
Summary
A worker suffered severe hand injuries and partial amputations of three fingers while aligning a coiled tubing reel into a cradle. A securing frame shifted and trapped the hand. The flash identifies entrapment-prone design, inadequate instructions and incomplete risk assessment, recommending hands-free guiding, equipment familiarisation and improved toolbox talks.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Risk management; risk evaluation.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Competence and training; competency assurance; safety training.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Summary
Workers hand crushed during the final stages of a coiled tubing operation.
IMCA SF 16/25. Themes: hand and finger injuries, lifting operations, line of fire.