Safety Flash
Finger injury during lifting operations
Finger injury during lifting operations
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 17/23
- Competence and TrainingHand and Finger InjuriesLifting OperationsLine of Fire
- Crushing and pinch pointsHand and finger injuries
- Lifting operations
- Personal protective equipment
- Competence and trainingRisk assessmentSafety communicationStop-work authority
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
A second engineer injured his right middle finger beneath a hydraulic-system cylinder while helping position a pallet during vessel crane operations. The flash identifies missing lifting training, participation without the task briefing, and failure to stop work. It recommends reducing congestion, wearing appropriate gloves and reconsidering work when circumstances change.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Personal protective equipment; PPE; personal protection equipment.
Classifications: Competence and training; competency assurance; safety training.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Stop-work authority; stop work; stop-work intervention.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A Second Engineer went to assist crew members with positioning a pallet of cylinders for a lift operation, but got his right hand trapped below one of the cylinders - the middle finger was pinched and injured
IMCA SF 17/23. Themes: competence and training, hand and finger injuries, lifting operations, line of fire.