Safety Flash
BSEE: recurring hand injuries from alternative cutting devices
BSEE: recurring hand injuries from alternative cutting devices
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 23/24
- Hand and Finger InjuriesMachinery and EquipmentPersonal Protective Equipment
- Hand and finger injuries
- Hand toolsPersonal protective equipment
- Job safety analysisMachine guardingPre-use checks
Summary
This safety flash summarises two offshore workers’ hand lacerations while removing zip ties with alternative cutting devices. One cutter had a damaged protective tip; the other lacked a blade guard and rebounded. BSEE recommends task-specific tool selection, pre-use shielding checks, cut-resistant gloves and disposal of defective devices.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Hand tools; hand-held tools; handheld tools.
Classifications: Personal protective equipment; PPE; personal protection equipment.
Classifications: Job safety analysis; JSA; job hazard analysis; JHA.
Classifications: Machine guarding; machinery guards; machine guards.
Classifications: Pre-use checks; pre-use inspection.
Summary
The United States Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has published Safety Alert 487.
IMCA SF 23/24. Themes: hand and finger injuries, machinery and equipment, personal protective equipment.