Safety Flash
Injury to little finger – LTI
Injury to little finger – LTI
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 19/24
- Hand and Finger InjuriesIsolationLine of FirePermit to Work
- Crushing and pinch pointsHand and finger injuries
- Inspection and maintenance
- Winch
- Permit to workPositive retention and reliable securingRisk assessmentStop-work authority
Summary
A painter broke a little finger when an auxiliary winch drum rotated back during cleaning and trapped it against an improvised wooden securing beam. The flash examines lone execution of a two-person task and inadequate task-specific assessment, recommending suitable securing methods, appropriate permits and stopping unsafe work.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Winch; winches.
Classifications: Permit to work; PTW; work permit.
Classifications: Positive retention and reliable securing.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Stop-work authority; stop work; stop-work intervention.
Summary
A worker suffered an injury whilst painting an auxiliary winch drum following maintenance. A wooden beam was used to prevent the drum from turning freely.
IMCA SF 19/24. Themes: hand and finger injuries, isolation, line of fire, permit to work.