Safety Flash
Serious finger injury in power operated watertight sliding door
Serious finger injury in power operated watertight sliding door
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 17/23
- Hand and Finger InjuriesLine of FireMachinery and Equipment
- Crushing and pinch pointsHand and finger injuriesSlips, trips and falls
- Exclusion zonesMachine guardingSafety communication
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
A crew member lost balance as a vessel rolled and trapped his right middle finger between an opening powered watertight door and the bulkhead. The flash describes deficiencies in hazard communication and protective arrangements, and reports an enforced no-go zone during door operation.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Slips, trips and falls; same-level falls.
Classifications: Exclusion zones; red zones; restricted access zones.
Classifications: Machine guarding; machinery guards; machine guards.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A crew person suffered a very serious finger injury in a watertight sliding door when the vessel rolled with the swell.
IMCA SF 17/23. Themes: hand and finger injuries, line of fire, machinery and equipment.