Safety Flash
LTI: Crush injury to middle and index finger
LTI: Crush injury to middle and index finger
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 19/17
- Hand and Finger InjuriesLine of FireManagement of ChangeManual Handling
- Crushing and pinch pointsHand and finger injuriesHuman factors
- Inspection and maintenanceManual handling
- Personal protective equipment
- Job safety analysisManagement of changePermit to workStop-work authority
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
A rigger sustained serious middle and index finger injuries while manually moving a deck plate aboard a vessel. The flash identifies unmanaged expansion of cleaning work into plate removal, handling difficulties and unsuitable gloves. It highlights stopping changed work, managing the change and raising a new permit with task-specific risk analysis.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Human factors; human performance; ergonomics.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Manual handling; manual lifting.
Classifications: Personal protective equipment; PPE; personal protection equipment.
Classifications: Job safety analysis; JSA; job hazard analysis; JHA.
Classifications: Management of change; MOC; change management.
Classifications: Permit to work; PTW; work permit.
Classifications: Stop-work authority; stop work; stop-work intervention.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
Riggers on a vessel were moving heavy deck plates (2.45 m x 1.2 m x 5 mm, weighing 114 kg) when one of them got his hand caught, causing a crush injury.
IMCA SF 19/17. Themes: hand and finger injuries, line of fire, management of change, manual handling.