Safety Flash
LTI: serious injury to thumb when pipe fell during maintenance
LTI: serious injury to thumb when pipe fell during maintenance
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 19/25
- Hand and Finger InjuriesLifting OperationsLine of Fire
- Crushing and pinch pointsDropped objectsHand and finger injuriesLeadership and safety cultureLine of fire
- Inspection and maintenance
- Process pipework and pipelines
- Positive retention and reliable securingStop-work authority
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
A vessel engineer sustained partial thumb amputation when a grey water pipe fell about 1.4 m during dismantling, trapping his thumb against a supporting clamp plate. The flash examines inadequate securing and hand positioning, recommending primary and secondary retention and a workplace culture that enables staff to challenge unsafe practices.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Dropped objects; falling objects; DROPS.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Leadership and safety culture; safety culture; safety leadership.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Process pipework and pipelines; process piping.
Classifications: Positive retention and reliable securing.
Classifications: Stop-work authority; stop work; stop-work intervention.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A 2nd engineer on a vessel suffered a serious injury to the left thumb whilst dismantling a grey water pipe.
IMCA SF 19/25. Themes: hand and finger injuries, lifting operations, line of fire.