Safety Flash
Finger injury caused by incorrectly secured console cover
Finger injury caused by incorrectly secured console cover
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 22/20
- Hand and Finger InjuriesLine of FireMachinery and Equipment
- Crushing and pinch pointsHand and finger injuriesLine of fire
- Positive retention and reliable securingSafety communication
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
A technician’s smallest right-hand finger was fractured when a console cover closed unexpectedly as he descended platform steps. The hinge functioned correctly, but its securing wing nuts were insufficiently tightened. The flash recommends identifying hazardous hinged covers, improving locking arrangements where significant injury risks exist, and reinforcing line-of-fire awareness.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Positive retention and reliable securing.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
An incorrectly secured console cover closed in an unplanned and unexpected way, trapping a crew member’s finger, which was injured
IMCA SF 22/20. Themes: hand and finger injuries, line of fire, machinery and equipment.