Safety Flash
LTI – fingertip pinched by wire sling
LTI – fingertip pinched by wire sling
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 23/23
- Hand and Finger InjuriesLifting OperationsLine of Fire
- Crushing and pinch pointsHand and finger injuriesHuman factorsLine of fire
- Lifting operationsRigging
- Lifting accessoriesWire rope
- Risk assessmentSafety communication
Summary
A rigger sustained a serious finger injury while fitting a steel wire sling to a forklift fork, which the operator raised without banksman instructions. The flash identifies complacency, poor communication and inadequate task assessment, and emphasises banksman signals, safe positioning and hazard-focused toolbox briefings.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Human factors; human performance; ergonomics.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Rigging; slinging.
Classifications: Lifting accessories; lifting gear; rigging gear.
Classifications: Wire rope; steel wire rope.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Summary
A forklift fork moved unexpectedly while a rigger installed a sling, pinching his fingertip because communication and positioning controls failed.
IMCA SF 23/23. Themes: hand and finger injuries, lifting operations, line of fire.