Safety Flash
LTI: Loss of fingertip and nail
LTI: Loss of fingertip and nail
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 22/20
- Hand and Finger InjuriesLine of FireManual Handling
- Hand and finger injuriesLine of fire
- Manual handling
- Operating and work procedures
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
A bosun lost his middle fingertip while storing turnbuckles during routine housekeeping aboard an anchored vessel. A turnbuckle slipped and its thread struck his finger in a restricted storage area. Actions included relocating storage bins and developing a procedure to eliminate manual handling of turnbuckles.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Manual handling; manual lifting.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
While crew were moving lashing materials (chains, shackles and turnbuckles) from the garage deck into a storage space, the bosun suffered a serious finger injury.
IMCA SF 22/20. Themes: hand and finger injuries, line of fire, manual handling.