Safety Flash
Finger injury while setting up pipe cutting operation
Finger injury while setting up pipe cutting operation
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 22/23
- Hand and Finger InjuriesLine of FireMachinery and Equipment
- Crushing and pinch pointsHand and finger injuriesLine of fireMechanical failure
- Inspection and maintenance
- Rotating machineryValve
- Competence and trainingOperating and work proceduresPre-use checksSafety communication
Summary
A crew member’s middle finger was trapped between a scaffold tube and a pipe cutting machine during vertical setup for jumper repair. A defective inlet valve allowed air to energise the machine. The flash discusses omitted manual setup validation, unsafe hand positioning, revised procedures, toolbox talks, operator training and pre-use inspections.
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: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Rotating machinery; rotating equipment.
Classifications: Valve; valves.
Classifications: Competence and training; competency assurance; safety training.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Pre-use checks; pre-use inspection.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Summary
A crew member was setting up a pipe cutting machine in a vertical position to cut welding that was done on a jumper for repair, when they suffered a finger injury.
IMCA SF 22/23. Themes: hand and finger injuries, line of fire, machinery and equipment.