Safety Flash
LTI: Three fingers badly cut while handling a long brass bar
LTI: Three fingers badly cut while handling a long brass bar
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 27/21
- Hand and Finger InjuriesLine of FireManual HandlingPersonal Protective Equipment
- Hand and finger injuriesLine of fire
- Manual handling
- Personal protective equipment
- Risk assessmentSafety communication
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
A vessel crew member sustained cuts to three fingers when a brass bar slipped during solo removal from storage, forcing his hand against sharp mesh edges. The flash identifies misjudged weight, inadequate risk assessment and absent gloves, and recommends reviewing storage suitability, assessing lone working and reinforcing task-specific PPE requirements.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Manual handling; manual lifting.
Classifications: Personal protective equipment; PPE; personal protection equipment.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A crew member on a vessel suffered laceration on three fingers of the left hand while attempting to remove a brass bar from the storage rack
IMCA SF 27/21. Themes: hand and finger injuries, line of fire, manual handling, personal protective equipment.