Safety Flash
LTI: Fingers injured during fender lifting operation
LTI: Fingers injured during fender lifting operation
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 28/23
- Control of WorkHand and Finger InjuriesLifting OperationsLine of Fire
- Hand and finger injuriesHuman factorsLine of fire
- Lifting operationsRigging
- Personal protective equipment
- Job safety analysisOperating and work proceduresStop-work authority
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
A crew member sustained severe finger injuries when a polypropylene hauling rope jerked under swell-induced tension during fender lifting. The flash examines hand positioning, inadequate task analysis and failure to stop work as conditions changed. It discusses glove limitations, rope slack and prompt onboard medical care.
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: Personal protective equipment; PPE; personal protection equipment.
Classifications: Job safety analysis; JSA; job hazard analysis; JHA.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Stop-work authority; stop work; stop-work intervention.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A crew member suffered severe injuries to two fingers during fender lifting operations
IMCA SF 28/23. Themes: control of work, hand and finger injuries, lifting operations, line of fire.