Safety Flash
Diver Finger Injury – Scrubber Blower Fan
Diver Finger Injury – Scrubber Blower Fan
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 22/22
- DivingHand and Finger InjuriesMachinery and Equipment
- Hand and finger injuries
- Inspection and maintenance
- Diving bellRotating machinery
- Machine guardingRisk assessment
- Vessel
Summary
A diver checking a vessel’s diving bell sustained a minor thumb injury from an exposed running scrubber fan with its canister removed. The flash identifies an omitted risk assessment hazard, records a requirement to switch off the fan during canister removal and discusses possible guarding and design changes.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Diving bell; closed bell; wet bell.
Classifications: Rotating machinery; rotating equipment.
Classifications: Machine guarding; machinery guards; machine guards.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A diver suffered a minor hand injury when he put his hand on part of a fan which should not have been exposed.
IMCA SF 22/22. Themes: diving, hand and finger injuries, machinery and equipment.