Safety Flash
Recurring Hand Injury
Recurring Hand Injury
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 22/18
- Hand and Finger InjuriesLine of FirePersonal Protective Equipment
- Dropped objectsHand and finger injuriesLine of fire
- Lifting operations
- CranePersonal protective equipment
- Job safety analysis
Summary
An employee guiding a crane operator sustained a left-hand laceration requiring eight stitches when a storage container lifted unexpectedly, its frame parted and it fell onto him. The flash identifies missing appropriate PPE, records disposal of the container and relays BSEE recommendations for task-specific job safety analyses.
Classifications: Dropped objects; falling objects; DROPS.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Crane; cranes.
Classifications: Personal protective equipment; PPE; personal protection equipment.
Classifications: Job safety analysis; JSA; job hazard analysis; JHA.
Summary
A crane-guiding task resulted in a recurring hand injury risk because the employee did not wear appropriate protective equipment.
IMCA SF 22/18. Themes: hand and finger injuries, line of fire, personal protective equipment.