Safety Flash
Finger injury: diver caught finger in bell door
Finger injury: diver caught finger in bell door
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 25/18
- DivingHand and Finger InjuriesLine of Fire
- Crushing and pinch pointsHand and finger injuries
- Diving operations
- Diver umbilicalDiving bell
- Risk assessmentSafety communication
Summary
A diver sustained a deep finger cut between a bell door and its retaining latch while repositioning an umbilical obstructing closure. The flash identifies incorrect stowage, limited risk awareness and missing hazard markings, and describes pinch-point checks, task risk assessments, toolbox talks and changes to equipment stowage.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Diving operations; diving; commercial diving.
Classifications: Diver umbilical; diving umbilical.
Classifications: Diving bell; closed bell; wet bell.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Summary
A diver’s finger was pinched by a bell door while an umbilical obstructed its closure.
IMCA SF 25/18. Themes: diving, hand and finger injuries, line of fire.