Safety Flash
Hand and finger injuries
Hand and finger injuries
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 17/23
- Hand and Finger InjuriesLine of FirePersonal Protective Equipment
- Hand and finger injuries
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Summary
This safety flash reviews trends across ten recent hand and finger injury incidents reported by IMCA members. It summarises identified contributory factors, including unsuitable PPE and equipment, inadequate risk awareness, supervision and communication shortcomings, procedural departures and missed opportunities to stop work.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Summary
Hand and finger injuries comprise almost a fifth of the incidents and events submitted by IMCA members just in the last year
IMCA SF 17/23. Themes: hand and finger injuries, line of fire, personal protective equipment.